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more than necessary. I will have to seek the permission of my guru. You may sit here. I will be returning ofter taking the guru necessary permission from my teacher."
Sikhee expressed his mind's workings to his Guru. Muni saw that the pupil is a victim of greed or false love. The human weakness has taken possession of him. He did not wish to deny bluntly. So he replied in implied language:
"You have renounced everything. You should not have any attachment or attraction for beautiful and costly things. If you need it, you may accept the blanket."
The pupil Sikhee was so much moved by the motherly love shown to him by Jalinee that he could not understand the implied meaning of his teachers reply. Out of all the words, he heard only five words Viz 'you may accept the blanket.'
So he took the blanket from Somdev.
