Five Gems Diwakar Chitrakatha 031

Author(s): Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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When he saw four young widows in his house, the merchant cursed his luck
Two years later, his fourth son Laxmikant also met the same fate.
Oh God! What grave sins did
I commit. Every time I am struck by the same thunder bolt. Where have my piety and religion vanished?
Three more years passed. Slowly the ointment of time filled the wounds in the mind. The merchant overcame the old sorrows. One day a merchant from the same city came. Sethi, your youngest son, Harikant, is now of
EN marriageable age. You should
arrange for his marriage.
The father of the prospective bride said
Sethji, every one who is
born in this world has to die one day. It is said that Ravan had a hundred thousand sons and emperor Sagar sixty thousand. They all died. The world still did not come to an end.
The merchant got annoyed
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Do you want that your daughter too becomes a widow in prime of her youth, just like
these four.
No, no, I will not do that. It is better to be a
bachelor then to embrace death
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