________________
-
28
sensations of my father and my uncle. The businessman of Chandravati, Sheth Lobhanand is my father. Though his fault is great and serious your forgiveness would be greater. I ask of you only this much.'
King Vijaychand replied :
"Gunvarma ! Sometimes bad men beget good sons and goodmen beget bad sons. This is the law of Nature also. The lamp which brightens up and removes the dark. ness of the world produces black soot; from the mud, a lotus blossoms. In the same way you who are a treasure-house of virtues is born as a son of a greedy miser. There is a difference similar to gold and brass between yourself and your father. But I can not reject your demand; It is mere lack of sense of gratitude to forget the good done to us by a benefactor.
Gunvarma! At a little distance from here, there is one cave of a mountain. Just opposite that cave, there is one lake.
