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in such a young age ? But remember that I shall not tolerate the talk of religon or riligious deeds il my house.” Saying so he beat both the brothers severely in anger. But neithir of the brothers moved at all from his vow. .
Yashodhar and Rambha considered only night-dinner as their family duty. So both the sons did not get dinner next day also. The mother said : “Sons ! Only he can be said to be a good son who follows his father.” Both Hansa and Keshav said : "Mother ! Should we fall into a well if our father falls into a well? It is the duty of the sons to accept the virtues of the father. But it is not their duty to accepr his vices.”
The mother had no reply to meet with this argument. The father was also firm in his stand. So he said : “They are disobeying what I say. Therefore they should not be given anything at all to eat even
