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SHETH SUDARSHAN
ere is a story that takes us back to the times of Lord
| Mahavir. There lived a good couple in the city of Champa. A child named Sudarshan was born to them. He was well nourished and nurtured in a religious and cultured atmosphere. He grew up into a worthy youth.
He was then married to a good girl named Manorama. Both of them led an ideal life of good householders.
Sudarshan had a brahmin friend. Both these friends passed their time in religious discussions or in good company. The brahmin used to speak well of his friend to his own wife. Hence she felt inclined to love Sudarshan.
One day when her husband was out, the brahmin's wife visited Sudarshan and said to him, “Your friend is ill and he wants you." Hearing this Sudarshan immediately went to the place of his brahmin friend. As soon as Sudarshan entered the house, she closed the room and demanded of him that he should share the bed with her.
Poor Sudarshan was astonished at her demand. He then said to her, “Look here. I am impotent and, therefore, I am
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