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also who are my parents."
Looking to the obstinacy of Champak, the old woman said :
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"My son I found you in a forest near Ujjaini. Your real mother had died soon after giving birth to you. She was also lying there in the forest. The name "Pushpashri" was written on one of the hands of your mother. I do not know your family gotra. But from the dress and ornaments on the body of your mother, she appeared to be a beloved maids-ervant of some very rich merchant."
When Champak heard about his birth and family gotra from the old woman, he thought:
"Birth is under the control of the god of Fate. I became the son of a maidservant on account of my previons actions. But now I can become a respectable man by doing good actions.”
