Quite a long time ago, there was a ruler named Vikramaditya who governed over Ujjain, a prosperous city arranged on the banks of the stream Godavari. He was popular everywhere on over the world for his grit, liberality and reasonable judgment. 

At some point, a sage introduced himself in the lord's court and talented a natural product to him. Since, that day, it turned into an every day schedule for him to come and blessing an organic product to the lord. The lord never felt the need of asking the sage for what valid reason he carried an organic product to him every day. He simply gave over all the natural products that he got from the sage to his financial officer who used to toss them in an extra space. At some point, rather than giving the natural product to his financial officer, the ruler offered that organic product to a monkey who was perched on a tree. At the point when the monkey delved his teeth into the natural product, a shining jewel dropped out of the natural product. 

The ruler was very astonished, and got some information about the remainder of the organic products. The financier took him to the store room and there when they squashed the spoiled organic products, they found various valuable precious stones covered up inside. The liberal ruler chose to give all the diamonds to poor people and penniless. 

Following day, when the sage came to offer him the natural product, the lord asked the sage the purpose for his gifting him such inestimable pearls. The lord likewise asked him what he needed from him consequently. On hearing this, the sage mentioned the assistance of the lord in directing a custom that he would perform. The sage requested that the lord meet him at sunset on the fourteenth evening of the dull moon close to the incineration ground. 

The sage was a magician actually. At the point when the ruler arrived at the incineration ground, the magician requested that he bring a body, swinging from a tamarind tree in the close by woodland. The ruler consented to bring the body from the backwoods, yet when he attempted to cut the body down, it flew back to the tree. The ruler didn't take long to understand that the carcass was controlled by a phantom. The courageous lord didn't get apprehensive, and was resolved to satisfy his guarantee to the sage. He informed the apparition regarding the guarantee that he had made to the savvy and mentioned him to go along. Betaal agreed to accompany him on one condition-that the lord would not express a solitary word all through the excursion. The lord vowed to be quiet, yet sharp Betaal had some different designs for him. When he endeavored to get him down from the tree and put him on his shoulders,he began to portray a story. Furthermore, toward the finish of each story,he constrained the ruler to address his inquiry, hence ending his quietness. 

Each time the ruler opened his mouth to state something, Betaal flew back to the tree. The lord needed to return to the tree and start the difficulty of cutting him down once more. This happened multiple times. Be that as it may, the twenty fifth time, the ruler couldn't address Betaal's inquiry. These 25 stories are popular in Indian writing, known as the Vikram-Betaal stories. 

The twenty fifth story went this way: Once there was a lord in the South who had a ton of family members. The family members consistently looked at the lord's seat. So once, they got together, plotted against the ruler and usurped the seat. The ruler needed to escape the realm with his significant other and girl. They went through thick backwoods. A few burglars happened to see them and assaulted them. The ruler asked his girl and spouse to flee and spare themselves, while he himself drew in the burglars in a huge battle. Be that as it may, as he was dwarfed by the looters, they effortlessly figured out how to execute him. The sovereign and her girl saw everything, except continued stowing away in the brambles because of a paranoid fear of getting captured. The burglars searched for them for quite a while and afterward left to get treatment for their injuries that they had gotten in the battle. 

Meanwhile, a rancher and his child went to the woodland on ponies. They saw the impressions of the women, and were intrigued. The child chose to wed the woman with the littler feet while the dad chose to wed the woman with the greater feet. In the wake of strolling ahead for some separation, the rancher and his child happened to meet the two ladies covering up in the woodland. They comforted the women and let them know of the arrangement of marriage. They agreed. Be that as it may, as it would turn out, the greater feet had a place with the girl and the littler feet had a place with the mother. So the child wedded the mother and the dad wedded the girl. 

Betaal then posed this inquiry to Vikram, "How are the youngsters conceived on both the sides identified with each other?" Vikram was astounded as he was unable to find any palatable solution. Along these lines, Betaal couldn't get away from this time. He advised the ruler that the supposed sage, who was an abhorrent alchemist truly, was really wanting to forfeit the lord to satisfy some underhanded forces that he adored. He additionally revealed to Vikram how to dispose of that malicious man. The ruler executed the abhorrent alchemist as such. Before withdrawing, Betaal approached the lord to approach him for some shelter. The lord mentioned that the accounts which were advised to him, be read a clock and again ever." Betaal allowed his desire and disappeared in slender air.