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Re: REQUEST : Can some one identify the characters in the story?
The story is from Katha Upanishad.
The boy's name is Satyakama
The mother's name i Jabala.
ramana@ecf.toronto.edu (Ganapathiraju Sree Ramana Gopal) 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.
>
> gopal
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