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Punyasar alone may have the necessary hold.'.
Now Punyasar stepped forward and held the 'hand of
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"Good friend Have you gone mad? You are a bright young man with a brilliant future What to do is hardly befitting you I make an
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to you to give up the idea of entering into the blazing pyre I hope, you will consider my request But if you are still adamant, then that will be the saddest thing for us.
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Gunsundar stopped for a moment and something. Then he took out a piece of advancing it towards Punyasar, he said,
"Sır, did you ever write this?'
"But, sir, I do not see anyone to whom I may state my problem
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"Can it be so? What you say will put the entire humanity to ridicule. Come, let me know your
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"Why? This is my own composition. But where did you get this? Who are you?"
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Gunasundar recounted the story in brief. The moment of grief turned out to be a moment of happiness. All's well that ends well
It was now a problem as to what would happen to Ratnasundari. By a ruling given by the king, she was to be Punyasar's wife.
The six sisters had meanwhile come from Ballabhipur on completion of six months Thus Punyasar started at
once with a large harem.
Once Acarya Jnanasagar came to the city. People went out to pay their homage and obeisance. Sresthi Purandar raised a point about his own son,
