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In the Mahapurana, Uttarapurana, a certain Brahmin, seeing a woman standing at the door, said to a maidservant, "Tell your mistress that a Brahmin is standing at the door."
The maidservant informed her mistress of the Brahmin's words. Then, with her permission, the old Brahmin was welcomed and asked, "Where have you come from and where are you going?"
In response, the Brahmin said, "I have come from behind and I will go forward." Hearing this, the people standing near the woman, Gunamala, laughed. Seeing this, the Brahmin said, "Do not laugh like this. Old age brings about a change in one's nature. Will you not also grow old?"
Then, they asked him again, "Where will you go forward?" The Brahmin replied, "My journey will continue until I reach the Kanya Tirtha."
Hearing the Brahmin's words, everyone laughed and said, "He is old in body and age, but not in mind." Then, Gunamala seated him on a comfortable seat and served him food. Afterward, she said, "Now, go wherever you wish."
The Brahmin replied, "You have spoken well, O noble one." He praised her and, with difficulty, rose, leaning on his staff. He then climbed onto her bed, as if she had invited him to do so. Seeing this, the maidservants said, "Look at his shamelessness!" They tried to pull him away from the bed by holding his hands.
The Brahmin said, "You have spoken correctly. Indeed, shame is found in women, not in men. If men were to have shame like women, then how could their union with women, which is adorned by love, take place?"
Hearing the Brahmin's words, Gunamala thought, "This is not just a Brahmin, but some other man who has come here by changing his form through the art of transformation." Thinking this, she stopped the maidservants and said to the Brahmin, "What is the fault? You are my guest, so sit on this bed."
As the night passed, the old Brahmin, who knew the different types of pure and native voices, sang sweet songs that captivated the ears and minds of all. The songs he sang were as beautiful as the songs sung by Jivandhar Kumar during the wedding of Gandharvadatta.