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36 DHANNA (SARTHAVAH) AND VIJAY
This is an old story which took place two thousand
years ago! In those days the city of Rajagrihi was very famous as the captial of Magadh (in Bihar). King Shrenik ruled there.
There was a beautiful garden named “Gunashil" outside the city. There was a settlement of robbers near this garden.
There lived a Sarthavah (merchant) named Dhanna who lived in that city. He was very prosperous and happy. He had a wife named Bhadra. This couple was very happy but they had no child.
The merchant had a servant known by the name of ‘Panthak'. He was good at playing with and fondling children. He enjoyed their company.
A famous robber, named Vijay, lived in the locality of robbers near an old temple, outside the city.
One night Bhadra was sound asleep. But she lost her sleep in the latter half of the night and felt uneasy. In the morning she went to the temple of the Yaksha with a view to be favoured with a child.
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