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servants who can do work. So, you spend your time with a little happiness. If you need anything or if there is anything lacking, you tell me".
The daughter-in-law used to sit in the room. What work had she to do? When she felt bored with sitting always in her room, she used to go out and stand in the verandah. The house was on the main road of the city. Many people could be seen walking on the road. Many incidents also took place on the road; and she kept watching them all. And thus she amused herself seeing all those things. AN IDLE BRAIN IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP
One day, a young man who was going on the road, stopped in front of the house and saw the girl. She too saw him and their eyes met but on that day, at once, the girl hastened into her room. The next day also while she was standing in the verandah, she saw the young man. The young man smiled; the girl also smiled at him but, at once, she went back to her room. Every day, they used to see each other and smile at each other thus. And it went on for sometime. Her mind was full of the young man now. Day and night, she used to be absorbed in thinking of the young man. She had no domestic work to do. She was not also carrying on such activities as scriptural studies, worshipping the Paramatma or meditating upon him. The result was the girl was attracted towards the young man and she became agitated with passion. One day, she said to her servantmaid, “To-morrow morning, I will show you a young man. In the evening, after dark, you must bring him to me". The servantmaid agreed to do so. The next morning, the girl showed the young man to the servant-maid.
The servant-maid was very loyal and faithful to the family. She thought, "I must inform the Seth of this. Ootherwise, this young woman's life will be ruined”. Accordingly, she narrated the entire thing to the Seth. The Seth was a very sensible man. Very soon, he understood the situation and he also thought of a way by which he could safeguard the chastity of his daughterin-law. That evening when the Seth sat down to his meal and was taking his meal, he said to his wife, "Because of the death
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