Kadam Rao Padam Rao

Kadam Rao Padam Rao is the earliest available manuscript in Dakhini masnavi of 4000 lines, written during 1421-1434 AD, by Fakhruddin Nizami of Bidar.[1] [2]

It contains a Sufi tale designed to describe the soul's present state and its liberation, in the form of an exciting story: King Kadam Rao wants to learn yoga. But the shrewd yogi bans the king's soul into a parrot, slips into the king's body and rules in his place. The vizier Padam Rao notices it, searches the King and finally finds and frees him.[3]

References
  1. Masʻūd Ḥusain Khān (1996). Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah, Volume 216. Sāhitya Akademi. p. 55. ISBN 81-260-0233-6. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. "URDU LITERATURE". columbia.edu. 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  3. Annemarie Schimmel (1975). Classical Urdu literature from the Beginning to Iqbal. Harassowitz, Wiesbaden (Germany). p. 134. ISBN 3-447-01671-X.
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