| Volumes - VI |
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| Culture Course |
BHISHMA |
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father’s charioteer might know. So one day he went and asked him: "Can you tell
me what ails my father?" The charioteer said: "A few days ago, the king met a fisher-girl. She was as beautiful as a goddess. He wanted to marry her, but found that he could not." Devavrata asked: "Why could he not? Have you any idea?" The charioteer said: "The girls father set a condition for the marriage, and the king could not accept it." Devavrata asked: "What was the condition? Can you tell me?" The charioteer replied: "He wanted the son born of her to be crowned king." Devavrata said: "What was the objection?" The charioteer was surprised. "Don’t you see? |
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