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GAUTAM : THE AMBROSIA - MAN
In Magadh there was a small and beautiful village named Gobbar. There lived a great scholar Vasubhuti of Gautam gotra (clan). His wife was Prithvi. They had three sonsIndrabhuti, Agnibhuti, and Vayubhuti. One morning when Pt. Vasubhuti was chanting melodiously, his sons sat before him and listened keenly.
Indrabhuti repeated the mantra
Om
bhurbhuvah svah
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Great! Very good!
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How sharp is he! So perfect and sweet pronunciation after listening just once.
Just then mother Prithvi came there after her daily prayers. Vasubhuti said
See Devi! How intelligent is your son. I am sure that one day he will be the top scholar in the whole Aryavart [the country of Aryas].
Om bhurbhuvah svah.
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Vipravar (a term of address for a Brahmin], the rays of the sun are as radiant as the sun. Your son will also be a scholar like you.
Mahapundit Vasubhuti was pleased at his wife's comment.
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