In the kingdom of Ravipur, there ruled a king named Kirtin. He was very cruel and wicked.
King Kirtin used to oppress his people a lot. Because of this, his people were living in great poverty and sorrow. He used to collect double the tax from his people, and if they didn't pay, they were imprisoned or given the death penalty. He was a tyrannical ruler.
In the same kingdom, a young man named Mansen lived with his family, they were living in great poverty, on top of that, the landlords and the king's tax collection had made them and the entire kingdom bankrupt, he was fed up with his life.
One day Mansen was going to the forest to get wood, then he went very far inside the forest, at a short distance he saw a small hut, Mansen walked towards that hut, there lived a saint who was absorbed in his meditative posture, Mansen bowed to the saint and the saint asked, who are you, child? And how did you come here? Then Mansen said, Baba, I had come to get wood in the forest and I went deep inside the forest for wood. The sadness on Mansen's face was clearly visible to the saint, the saint asked, son, what is the problem? Why are you so sad? Then Mansen told that Baba, our king oppresses his people a lot and collects more tax, the people are living in great poverty, looting the wealth of his people, he is engrossed in luxury and drinking alcohol.
The saint replied that if one wanted freedom from oppression, one would have to fight for it oneself, and for this, the people would have to unite. Manasen was satisfied after listening to the saint and he bowed and went towards his village. The saint's words were still running in his mind. He reached home with the wood and then slept the whole night, pondering over the saint's words. The morning came and everyone got busy with their work, then the zamindar came to Manasen's house to collect interest, but Manasen's father had nothing to give, so the zamindar tried to beat him up, but the villagers handled the situation. Manasen got very angry seeing this and somehow started thinking about freeing the people from the king's atrocities.
Manasen decided to prepare the people as an army to fight against their king, Manasen, along with some of his young friends, went to the forest and told them this method, they were very impressed and decided to fight unitedly, then Manasen and his friends went to their village and some nearby villages and were influencing the people and youth to get freedom from the atrocities of the king, but this matter reached the king's spies and they told the king, the king immediately ordered his minister to arrest Manasen and his associates, the king's soldiers were searching for those people throughout the state.