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of pain. The mother and the neighbours tried hundreds of remedies, but none of them could give him relief. His last moment had come. Whenever he regained his senses he began to think of the calmness and radiance that beamed on the face of that hermit. At last, the sun sank behind the western horizon; there was no relief in the pain of Sangama; and as darkness began to spread its wings on the ground the house of Dhanya became dark for ever on account of his premature death. Sangama did not put out the thought of the hermit from his mind till he breathed his last; we might say that he carried it with him to the next world; for it is known to all that "The success of a man depends upon the kind of feeling that he has”.
In accordance with his feelings and thoughts in his previous life, the soul of Sangama came into the womb of Bhadra, the wife of Setha Gobhadra of Raja-Griha. Before her conception, Bhadra had seen a beautiful field teeming with Dhanya of Sali ( Rice ) in her dream. She gave an account of this dream to her husband, who said to her with a smile on his face, “Dear, this is an auspicious dream; you are to give birth to a beautiful son very soon “ The heart of Bhadra began to throb with delight, when she heard these words from the mouth of her husband.
After some time Bhadra desired that she should give some. thing in charity, and Setha Gobhadra gladly allowed her to fulfil all her desires in any way she wanted; for, according to the rules of Sexology, the desires of a pregnant woman must be satisfied, if one wants to produce a child of his or her own liking. Gobhadra satisfied all the desires of Bhadra up to the time of her delivery. The day of delivery came, and
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