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(Ganesh'), the god of Success. The god appeared before him and said, "The seventh night from to-day is very auspicious. You make your preparations, On the seventh night, two divine damsels will come to the marriage pandal. They will be 'followed by a young man. He will be the groom for your girls. To-night is that seventh night. So let us go to Ballabhipur and see who this groom is. Let us ride on this tree This will make our journey comfortable."
Seated on the tree, the damsels arrived at the park outside the city As the tree stood on the ground, the damsels came down and proceeded towards the marriage pandal. Punyasar came out last and followed the damsels.
Outside the temple of Lambodara, Sresthi Dhana had made' all preparations and was waiting with the members of his family, friends and invitees for the arrival of the damsels followed by the groom. The damsels stepped inside the pandal and took their seats. When the sresthi saw a young man following the damsels, he came to receive him and explained to him the whole position.
Since it was so ordained by the god, Lambodara, Punyasar agreed to marry the seven girls He was at once clad in ceremonial robes and the marriage was performed. Then the whole party with Punyasar came to the sresthi's house.' The seven sisters knew nothing about this man. One of them said, “Sir ! How much educated you are ?" '
Punyasar felt awkward So instead of giving a straight answer, he said, -
"Happiness comes neither to a profound scholar nor to a fool Keeping this in view, I have followed the middle
path'
The girls felt puzzled at his reply and did not understand what he meant Meanwhile, Punyasar was feeling restless to get back to the tree in time So, on some pretext he wanted to go out. Gunasundari escorted him till the
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