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AN IDEAL COUPLE
rhadas was a merchant who lived in Bhadreshwar of A Kutch district of Gujarat. His wife, Arthadasi was a worthy lady. They had a son called Vijay.
One day, the boy heard of the importance of chastity or continence. This discipline prohibits one from sexual intercourse in the bright half of the Hindu month.
Now, a very rich merchant by the name of Dhanavah lived in the same city. His wife was beautiful and religiousminded. She had a daughter named Vijaya. She was married to a good man. It was a perpetual honey-moon for them. The couple had a lovely talk of love. But the husband told Vijaya that he had undertaken a vow not to co-habit in the bright half of the month.
Hearing this Vijaya became dismal and uneasy. Then she told him that she was under the vow of observing chastity in the dark half of the month. Hearing this, her husband stared at her blankly. So Vijaya told her husband, “Well, you can marry another woman. I don't object to it."
Vijay, the husband, thereupon said, “Well, I wanted to be a monk. But lam uneasy for your sake." He also said there is no meaning in carnal enjoyment. Even birds and animals indulge in it, easily. Let us then observe celibacy without any
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