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This is Samsar
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She kept thinking and weeping thus for a long time. She visualized every relative and friend of hers. She remembered everyone who had brought her up with affection, who had taken care of her and who had helped her in various ways. But all those people had become her enemies now. Someone has rightly said, “Friends and relatives throng your doors in prosperity but shun your doors in adversity”.
This is the speciality of Samsar. Those very people for whom we make sacrifices cause our ruin. Really no other woman in Samsar can be so unfortunate and unhappy as I am. I am still living though I have been abandoned by my husband for so many years. If it were any other woman she would have committed suicide.
Just then Vasant Tilaka approached her and said, “You please be resting here. I will go about and see what food I can gather in the sorroundings. How long can we continue to starve like this ?
Vasanta Tilaka disappeared among the shrubs and thickets in the forest. She wandered about here and there and found some fruits but there was no water anywhere nearby. Therefore, she went in search of water, a long distance. All of a sudden she saw a fascinating valley at the foot of a mountain. In the valley, there was a beautiful lake with pure and pellucid water. At a close distance, there was another beautiful valley. She was fascinated by the beautiful plants and trees in that valley. The sight of that valley filled her with delight. Suddenly an idea occurred to her, "We can stay here. This place is free from all dangers. We can safely stay here". At once she speedily returned to Anjana.
"Come on, let us go. There is a beautiful valley at a little distance from this place. It is surrounded by trees and plants on all sides and it is a safe place for us. If you agree to my suggestion we can stay there putting an end to our wanderings”.
Very soon the two friends reached the valley. Seeing the beautiful valley, the green trees and plants, the tender creepers
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