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they rubbed them to separate the outer husk and collected the fresh paddy in suitable bowls and stored them in a corner of the granary
When sowed a second time, the paddy so collected became many a bowls full, which, too, they stored till the next sowing season. They repeated the process in the third and the fourth rainy seasons as well and each time the quantity of paddy increased many times.
Dhanya Recalls The Paddy Grains -
When it was the fifth year running since the merchant, Dhanya, gave the paddy grains to his daughters-in-law, he had the thought that he must call the council of his family, friends and well-wishers again and find out as to what each of them (the daughters-in-law) had done with the grains given her.
Accordingly, he invited them and after welcoming them with due ceremony and respect and treating them with ample food and drinks called the four daughters-in-law to his presence and proceeded to enquire of them one by one.
Ujjhikā's Insult -
First of all he called the eldest daughter-in-law, Ujjhikā, to his presence and said, “Dear daughter ! is it true that five years ago I had given you five grains of paddy and had asked you to preserve and protect them and to return them to me when I asked for them?”
Ujjhika - “Yes, father ! it is true.” Dhanya – “Then, daughter ! return those paddy grains to me now.”
Ujjhika - “Very well, father! I shall get them presently.” Saying this she went to granary and taking out five grains of
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