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I'll instantly cook the food. You lie down and take a bit rest.” factory starts right in the morning when I wake up, works all day
Saying so, Sundari went into the kitchen. Dharmadas was long ll I sleep at night. There is a constant supply of food
res ng in the drawing room. He thought in the mind then, 'How rubbish every hour in this factory. No vows, no pledges! No
beau ful love and courtesy for me! Which quality does she religious fests or fes vals. So, I doubt because there is not a
lack? I see an en rely different scenario than what my friend trace of religion. So let me complete the test and see what
told me. What should I understand in this? My friend seems to happens.’
be innocent. He blindly accepts all that is wri en in scriptures Thinking so, he remained silent lying on the bed. Sundari
for everyone. Scriptures state, 'Woman is a statue of deceit. All didn't get any reply, so she recalled her husband. Even then,
worldly rela ves are selfish and mean'. So my friend believes she heard no sound of her husband. Then she got up and come
everyone to be like this. Over there, I see no fault, nothing bad out in the drawing room and saw him sleeping. So she said, “O!
in my wife. Where is any sign of selfishness or trap over here? It seems he is fast asleep! How much red he is! Let me wake
She cares and worries so much only for me. She is working hard him up.” She shouted, “Wake up.” But she got no answer! So
just for me in spite of being hungry and thirsty. Look, in spite of she shook him hard. Whichever side she shook and pushed, he
being hungry, she went to cook my food.' lted and turned to that side. He was not at all moving, nor
How ignorant this man is! He believes to be true speaking anything.
whatever is happening in front of his eyes! His thoughts would She was taken aback and got extremely shocked, "Ah!
change as soon as he would know the real inside story. When What is this? Sleep can't be like this! Let me see his breath.”
he was immersed in such thoughts, he got a call from the She kept her finger before his nostrils. Even he was very
kitchen." Welcome my beloved, food has been cooked.” clever. He stopped his breath very carefully doing ‘Pranayam.’
Then he thought 'Now what should I do? S ll, my This lady was a village folk. It didn't occur in her mind that 'I
friend's test isn't over. But now I don't think so, there is any should check his pulses, veins and heartbeats.' She saw her
need for more tests. My friend's talks were all vain and crazy. hands and legs slacked and his breath stopped. So she believed
Why should I trouble myself more by ge ng into it? Now let me him to be dead. The thought of husband's death terrified her.
get up and have dinner.’ She wailed loudly.
On another side, he thought, 'Oh, yes I remember “Oh ! What happened accidentally? He was completely
according to my friend, I see nothing of religion in the wife's healthy. There was no no on of any minor disease. Then why
talks. She is just looking that I haven't eaten all day long. She did this demise happen? Oh yes. I understood our mutual love
didn't talk anything of religious prac ce. Even animals and and bliss was such to arouse jealousy in someone's mind. Some
birds do physical love and care. Once I used to finish my meal evil-minded lady, envious of our love may have done some
before sunset and abstained from ea ng at night(according to witchery. He told me that he is going for some court's work. But
religious tenets). Now in this queen's kingdom, the belly I think evil lady must have taken my husband to her home in
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