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अत्युग्रपुण्यपापाना
(prosperity and power). If you permit me I will come in or I wi go away." How could the Emperor send away good fortune on the day of Idd. He said, "If indeed you are Fortune, please come in." When she went in the Emperor pitied her and re-employed her. When he made enquiries, he came to know that this plan had been suggested to her by Birbal.
There is an epigrammatic statement in Sanskrit which means,
fafadd feafanfá
feafa: teifeafafti:
मिहैव लभ्यते फलम्
Tribhirvarshaistribhirmasaiḥ
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
stribhiḥ pakshaiḥ stribhirdinaiḥ
Atyugrapunyapapānā
Mihaiva labhyate phalam
"For all your actions which are extremely good or extremely bad you will taste the fruits in this world within three years or three months or three fortnights or three days."
Here is an example which illustrates the truth of the subhashita.
In the city of Murshidabad, there was a merchant who dealt in vessels or metal ware. One day at about 8 a.m. a jeep halted before his shop. The jeep bore the label, The VIP Supply Department of the Government. An officer wearing a suit and boots got off the jeep. Along with him, a servant also got off the jeep. The merchant was greatly delighted to see the officer and the jeep. The officer gave the merchant an order for fifty thousand rupees worth vessels and took from the merchant five thousand rupees as commission. The officer took the articles, got them packed and put them in his jeep and gave the merchant a cheque for fifty thousand rupees. The merchant getting a little suspicious asked him for cash
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