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Chapter 3: Stories
241. The wife of the wealthy man passed away. The wealthy man entrusted the responsibility of the entire household to his eldest daughter-in-law, Priyangulatika. The wealthy man had a cow with a calf in his house. The cow would go out to graze during the day. The calf would remain tied up at home. All four daughters-in-law would give the calf fodder and water on time.
One day, there was a wedding of Gunasagar, the son of Gunachandra and Priyangulatika. On that day, all the daughters-in-law were busy adorning themselves with ornaments and applying cosmetics. All four daughters-in-law forgot to feed the calf. No one gave it fodder or water. At noon, the wealthy man went to the calf. The calf also started crying upon seeing the wealthy man coming. Seeing the calf crying, the wealthy man understood that it was still hungry. He rebuked all the daughters-in-law in anger. Hearing the wealthy man's words, Priyangulatika quickly went to the calf with appropriate fodder and water. The calf did not look at the decorated house, nor did it look at the daughters-in-law adorned like celestial beings with lustful eyes. Its gaze was only on the fodder and water. 17. Dravya-puti: The Cow Dung Example
Outside the city of Samilla, there was a Yaksha named Manibhadra in a garden. One day, a disease called Sheetalaka was born in that city. Then some people thought that if we survive this disease, we will celebrate the Ashtami and other festivals for a year. All the people of the city survived that disease. It was decided in their minds that this was all the miracle of the Yaksha. Then, appointing a person named Devasharma as a priest for a salary, the people said, "You have to plaster the Yaksha assembly with cow dung every morning on Ashtami and other days for a year. We will come and celebrate in that clean and holy place." Devasharma agreed to this.
One day, he went to a family's house to get cow dung before sunrise to plaster the assembly for the celebration. There, a worker had indigestion from drinking mandak, vall, and sura at night. In the west night, he had discharged the foul-smelling indigestion in the cow shed. A buffalo came and defecated on top of it. The foul-smelling excrement was covered by the cow dung on top, so Devasharma did not know in the darkness. He took the cow dung along with the excrement and plastered the assembly with it. The people who were going to celebrate came there with various food items. They started smelling a very foul smell there. They asked Devasharma where this impure smell was coming from. He said, "I don't know." They looked carefully at the courtyard of the assembly and saw the parts of vall, etc., and also smelled the smell of wine. They realized that there was excrement in the middle of the cow dung. All the people left the food.
1. Ga. 96/1, 2 Vr. P. 78, 79.