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Hem bh realised that his son was able to run his business, to maintain amiable relations with co-merchants in Siroh and to win the hearts of the people with his firm but soft spoken words, he handed over the complete responsibility of the business in Siroh to his son. So Lokacandra had to go to Siroh alone, several times. As a matter of fact he had the yearning to learning the secrets of all trades, but somehow he was fascinated by the business in pearls. Whenever he went to Siroh , he used to spend sometime with the jewellers, discussing about how to find out the quality of pearls and tried to learn it. Gradually he mastered the art.
One day while Lokacandra was examining the pearls in a certain jeweller's shop, a merchant of Siroh of Oswal caste, called odhavaj saw Lok ha who was engrossed in testing the quality of pearls. Somehow the merchant felt attracted towards him. He decided something in his heart of hearts, when he saw Lokacandra sorting out and keeping the very precious pearls one side and the normal ones on the other. When Lokacandra left the shop, odhavaj enquired his details - name, village, caste, parents, business etc. from the jeweller. Giving all the details the jeweller added, “The boy is very intelligent”.
After gathering full information about Lokacandra, odhavaj told his wife that he had seen a very handsome and worthy groom for their daughter Sudar an . After listening about Lokacandra, she too was delighted. Both of them decided to go to Araha av d and fix the alliance next day.
The next day, odhavaj with a firm belief that his auspicious desire would be fulfilled, reached Araha avādā and went to Hem bh 's house with a
r phala (a full coconut without removing the external fibre) and one rupee (both coconut and one rupee are considered as auspicious for commencing any good work) next day. As the merchants already knew each other, the parents of Lokacandra accepted the proposal of odhavaj without any hesitation. Odhavaj applied vermilion kumkuma (auspicious fruit) with few grains of rice on the forehead of Lokacandra and placed
r phala and one rupee in his hands. Both the families were happy and the marriage took place in Vikram 1487 in the month of M gha. Lok ha started leading his family life with his virtuous wife. His spiritual activities and study of scriptures also kept going smoothly. He enthusiastically participated in religious activities too. With the study of religious scriptures and regular meditation and contemplation, he soon
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