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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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Kubersenā said, "I love my children. Let them suck my breasts for a few days and thereafter, I shall abandon them". After feeding them with her milk for ten days she named them as Kuberdatta and Kuberdattă. Then she got prepared two finger rings with their names embossed. She placed them in wooden boxes and set them afloat in the river. In the morning the floating boxes were spied by two wealthy merchants of Suryapura city, who came to bathe in the river. Both of them took out the children from the boxes and a boy and a girl were taken up by both of them who craved for a son and a daughter respectively. They entrusted them to their wives and they were named as embossed on their rings. They were brought up in all comforts and when they grew
they were given those rings to wear on their fingers. When both the merchants failed to find a suitable bride and bridegroom they got Kuberdatta and Kuberdattā married with each other and got a good relief to solve the problem of marriage.
On one night both were playing the game of dice when he struck the dice with force and so doing Kuberdatta's ring slipped and fell into the lap of Kuberdatta. She took up the ring and on comparing the embossed letters on both the rings she found that the script was identical on both the rings. She was assured that both of them were brother and sister. She was deeply pained to entertain the idea that they were married despite the fact that there was reasonable ground to believe that they were brother and sister. She placed the ring before her husband who also was convinced on this point. They approached their parents and asked them to affirm solemnly as to how they were found or born. They were told the entire account and were shown helplessness for marrying them. They further added that marriage ceremony was incomplete and they could dissolve their marriage to be remarried. Kuberadatta confirmed this idea but expressed his desire to go abroad for earning wealth and marry after his return.
The parents welcomed his desire. Kuberdatta with ample goods left the place for abroad where he earned good amount of wealth. Then returning he halted at Mathura. Here in Mathura many men enjoyed amorous dalliance. He was also induced to indulge in such affairs and loitering in prostitution circles, he arrived at Kubersenā's residence. She, though-aging, was able to keep up her charms. Kuber datta paying huge amounts started
