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33 NAGILA
T ong ago there lived two brothers. One of them was
Bhavadev, while the other was called Bhavadutta. The latter had become a monk while the former remained at home.
Bhavadev married a beautiful woman. Her name was Nagila. Bhavadev loved her ardently. He was in fact besotted by her. He used to pamper her. He would touch her chin and say, “My dear, you are my Indrani" - (the wife of the Lord of gods).
Nagila, too, loved her husband deeply. She would also reply, “Well, you are everything to me."
It was the month of Falgun, i.e. March, and flowers bloomed profusely. She sat before her husband. Her locks of hair shone in the sun. Her sari was fluttering in the breeze and petals of a fallen flower lay spreading before her.
At this time, she heard the sound of some one knocking on her door. Bhavadev got up to answer the call. And there came his elder brother clad in the apparels of a monk. This brother of his had embraced monkhood in his early age. But then both the brothers had deep love for each other. Hence, Bhavadev was pleased to see his brother after so many years.
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