Five Gems Diwakar Chitrakatha 031

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

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Balbhadra
know?
How do you This secret is either
known to me or the
God; none else.
Father, don't
delay least something undesired happens. Erect a dam before it rains. And, yes, bring a bowl full of cow-milk mixed with misri [large and pure crystals of sugar].
Shubhmati took the box and the bowl of milk and stepped up the stairs. People around shivered with fear-
The snake will appear now.
It will not spare even the
bahu.
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The nervous merchant rushed into the house. He at once came back with the jewel box and a bowl of milk.
-
Here, Bahu, I have sold two of the
gems. Only three are left.
Shubhmati sat on the sixth step. On the seventh step she placed the milk bowl and the opened jewel box. Now she joined her palms and pleaded
COOK
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O serpent god, please pardon my father-in-law's violation of trust you placed in him. Please be content and take the remaining three gems.