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