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One day a young
boy came to the ashrama of Sage Gautama and said: "Holy Sire, I want to get the
sacred knowledge by serving you. Please accept me as your student."
The sage asked: "Child, What is your gotra?" (Gotra is one’s family name).
The boy replied: "Sire, I asked it of my mother. She said: ‘Child, when you were
born, I used to be very busy serving guests at home. I had no time to ask the gotra from
your father. Now he is no more. So I do not know it. My name is Jabala and yours,
Satyakama. So call yourself Satya- kama -Jabala and say that to your Guru."
On hearing it, the rishi smiled and said: "I admire you, child,
for saying the truth. I am sure you must be born of a noble gotra. I shall accept you as
my student. Go and get me some samid. I shall initiate you in brahmacharya."
The twigs of the sacred peepal tree are called samid.
Author - Dharamsey M. Khatau
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