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Re: REQUEST : Can some one identify the characters in the story?
Ganapathiraju Sree Ramana Gopal (ramana@ecf.toronto.edu) wrote:
: i heard this story, but do not know the names of the
: characters. can some one confirm if the story is part
: of any purana, and if so,identify the characters in it?
: a young boy was sent to a sage by his mother. she asks
: the child to beg the sage to take him as his desciple.
: the sage asks the boy about his gotra and details of
: his parents. the boy, having been raised by single
: mother, describes his mother. the sage asks him to
: go back to his home and learn about father and come
: the next day.
: the boy comes back and tells his mother what happened.
: she asks him to return to the sage the next day with
: an answer. the boy says to the sage, in front of all
: his desciples, without hesitation: 'oh sage, i have
: told you about my mother. but, her having served
: many men, she herself does not know who my father is,
: and so says she'
: the sage is impressed at the honesty of the women and
: the boy, and declares that there is no better qualification
: for learning vedas than being honest, and takes him as
: his desciple. the boy later becomes a great rishi.
Is that not the story of the Satyakaam.
--
Nachiketa Tiwari
