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22] QUEEWN Kuntala
Queen Kuntala promoted to her co-wives towards devotion for Bhagwan Jinendra & several other religious rituals. All that queens progressed in faith and religion. This made Kuntala jealous. She had preached them about religion and now they surpassed her.
She didn't have the generosity to see them progressing. After all, they were striving for a selfless cause. She wasn't against the rites and rituals they performed but the only thing that bothered her was that, they shouldn't excel 'her. It is the general tendency of every human mind to interrupt or create obstacles in other's progress, rather than trying hard to perform better. Kuntala also had such a tendency, which made her a bitch in next birth. Now, in this birth, she had nothing to do except barking.
It is well said regarding the jealous tendency of dogs... "A full moon rose in the sky, showering the moonlight & the entire
To cure jealousy is to see it for what
it is a dissatisfaction
with self.
- Joan Didion
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