Divine Love Its Possible

Author(s): Namramuni
Publisher: Parasdham Mumbai

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wife too welcomes her with love and affection. She too is very happy to see Chandana.
Dhanavah sheth tells his wife - Mula shethani, “We do not have any children so God has sent us a child. See, I have brought our child today. The shethani too very lovingly hugged Chandana. Tears of joy trickled down her eyes, and the same woman today?
With the passage of time, Chandana grew up to be an extremely beautiful lady. With the blooming of Chandana's beauty, a sense of insecurity started developing in the mind of the Mula shethani.
Chandana looked upon the merchant as her father. She was very fond of him. She took care of all his needs like a dutiful daughter. She chatted with him and shared her happiness and pain with him. The shethani was reasonably comfortable with this when Chandana was young. However, complications arose as Chandana grew into a stunning beauty. Her beauty poked like a thorn in the eyes of her shethani...! Where we can exercise our authority, sentiments of rights occur.
Once a sense of right is born,
expectations too arise very naturally. When things do not happen according to expectations,
disturbance is bound to occur. It is human tendency that we attempt to exercise our dominance over people who obey us and we remain quiet when people do not listen to us.
Those were times of male dominance. The merchant was the final decision maker and his wife did not have much say in matters. The shethani's grievances for Chandana started increasing. Her growing beauty continued disturbing her and Chandana's presence started burning her with jealousy, suspicion and distrust from within. She just could not bear Chandana in her house.
If feelings of dislike are not eradicated at the beginning, they are bound to multiply.
Dislike increases with rapid speed. It multiplies without reason...