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The Devta examines her words:

“Here Sulsa herself does not crave for a son but wishes to
eliminate her husband’s worry.”

“Great is that religious outlook which believes the Lord to
be the whole and sole, but along with it also considers the
mental peace of family members.”

He gave Sulsa 32 tablets and tells her to take one whenever
she desires a son. “You will surely get a son,” he says and
departs.

Now, here too, her internal religious outlook was glowing
bright. Hence she thought, “Why do I need 5-7 children?
Why should I lose my precious time of practicing religion in
fostering and bringing them up? Instead let me take all those
32 tablets at one stroke so that I get 1 son – complete with
all the 32 virtues required for a perfect son.”

You are bound to lose the precious time you can utilise for
religion by increasing your unnecessary social relations and

occasions. Thus, time, money and energy cannot be optimally
used for religious purposes. Then why purposely create such
situations ourselves? Thus, a person having the true religious
outlook is fed up with worldly affairs.

Ask yourself – “Does religion have a place in your life? As a
result, you do not welcome unnecessary talks and gossip,
outings and meetings, right? Do you have no time for useless
thoughts?” Thus, take care not to engross yourself in
unnecessary thoughts, speech, actions, objects, people, because

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