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"My respected father! Have I forgotten. your love for me? Not at all. But now I will not come back leaving this path which would do atmost good to Now I want your blessings only."
me.
The father said:
"Son! You are still a boy. It is not a child's play to observe vows. The person who abandeont the vow in the middle loses everything. You have to stick to it upto the end."
Sikhee was firm in his decision. The father's caution could not shake him. When Brahmdatt saw that it is not possible to take him, home, he said:
"I have no power to give you blessings. Keep in mind my only with that I want you to show your face to me sometimes.... and forget now your mother's cruelty."
