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JAINA STORIES about it so that I could have tried some other means A girl betrothed to me has been married to another! Well, It has been a great insult to me I cannot bear it. I must end my life in your presence,"
In an effort to console the aggrieved young man, the goddess said,
"My son ! Have patience. What has happened is good for you You should not end your life like this "
'But, mother, she is now another man's wife. How do I console myself? And it is a sin even to look on her as a woman."
"Just patiently observe as things unfold themselves. Gunasundari is your wife"
The goddess disappeared. Punyasar was now thinking: "Gunasundari is my wife Who is she ?"?
Six months were already out and Gunasundanı was not yat successful in her quest she could not share her problem with anyone At last, she decided to end her life by entering into a burning pyre. The news soon spread all over the town, but people did not know why the young merchant was after such a terrible thing They rushed to the spot to dissuade bim from such a ghastly deed. Even the king came, and the leading businessmen of the city. The king asked why he was determined to end his life in that terrible way, to which the young man said,
"Sır ! I blame none for this. But it is my ill-luck, and my ill-luck demands the sacrifice of my life."
The young merchant moved steadıly towards the pyre. The king shouted,
" Is there anyone who has sufficient hold on this young man and who can save him? I cannot bear this ghastly thing being committed within my kingdom.'
People from the crowd shouted back.