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sung for ages due to the sacrifice of his 60,000 sons for the
noble cause of protecting Ashtapada Tirtha. Because of such
sons, even today we salute Sagar Chakravarti’s fatherhood.
Now tell me, is this possible without a son?”

The intense desire for a son reflected in Nagrathik’s arguments.

He strongly believed that his desire and arguments were not
at all wrong. Thus, he did not pay heed to Sulsa’s words and
continued his arguments justifying the necessity of a son.
Sulsa could also place her counter arguments saying.

Arguments against having a son :

Why are you whining for a son? Who can guarantee that the
son will be humble and considerate? A bad and ill-mannered

son can destroy the reputation of the entire family in one
stroke. Instead it is better to not have a son. Your argument
that a clan is recognized by the presence of a son is also
baseless because:-

1) A son is not elemental in causing progressive rebirths
of his forefathers.

2) Forefathers’ glory spreads owing to their own worthy
deeds and not because of their son. People still
remember Vastupal – Tejpal not because of their sons
but by the magnificent Abu-Delwara temples built by
them.

3) A good son spreads the fame of his father but on the
other hand think-one son, his sons, his sons’ sons’ the

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