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JAINA STORIES
love, but on money, and so it does not take time to termiDate Charudatta was pennyless So Vasantasena turned him out of her abode. The young man returned home and saw it in a bad state His parents were dead and the mansion was about to crumble down Afiuence was no longer there It was all a reign of poverty in his one-time prosperous home This was a great shock for the young man He sat down on the steps and begailed for the great misfortune. When Mirigavati heard the sob, she came out, to see her own husband, and she took him in She consoled him with sweet words, made him take bath and served him food After he was somewhat consoled, she said.
"There is no use lamenting over what is past I have some ornaments You may raise money against them and start some business The goddess of fortune smiles on one who is enterprising
To this, Charudatta agreed He raised a small amount of money and started for another country in the company of his maternal uncle They bought some cotton, loaded it on a cart and turned their steps towards Tamralıptı. In the way, the merchandise was lost in a fire They had no more money in the pocket The upcle thought, 'Charudatta is very uofortunate if I go with bim, I won't have a better turn in my fortune.' So he parted company with him and went on his own way.
Chorudatta was not without a support. Even his fortunc would not stand by him Wandering alone, he reached the city of Priyangu There, a merchants, named Surendradatta, who happened to be his father's acquaintance, recognised him and took him to his house There he stayed for some time
One day, he found that some people of the eity were preparing to go on a voyage Charudatta also decided to go with them. Surendradatta discouraged him, but he would not listen.
The ship with Charudatta and others on board cast anchor at an island where all the merchants did their
| SR No. | 011053 |
| Book Title | Jain Stories 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Mahendramuni, K C Lalwani |
| Publisher | A B Jain Shwetambar Terapanth Samaj |
| Publication Year | 1976 |
| Total Pages | 205 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 9 MB |