Parabels of Mahavir

Author(s): Harindranath Chattopadhyaya
Publisher: Shri Kiran Publishers

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SOM Brother ! it is so sublime. And we are so black within, With a growing heap of sin That we are unable quite To receive unsullied light !
WEAVER Birju says that you are right!
( just as he finishes uttering this sentence three Women come on the scene )
( The Weaver, without noticing them, sits at his loom and starts to join the two halves. )
RICH MERCHANT'S WIFE I can't believe my eyes!
MINISTER'S WIFE My eyes can't believe me !
KING'S WIFE My eyes can't believe themselves!
SOM Why, Ladies! what makes you talk so?
WEAVER ( from behind his loom ) Ahal aha! what has befallen you, Ladies ?
RICH MERCHANT'S WIFE We were passing this way when, all of a sudden, without our knowing, we were drawn towards your house, Brother Weaver!.