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PUNYASAR
In the land of Bharata there was a city named Gopalaka Srestha Purandat lived in that city The name of his wife was Punyasrı He was a pious man and was held in great esteem at the court But Purandar had no child and so he had no joy in bus mind He was advised by his relatives and friends to take another wife but he never welcomed the proposal One day, he propitiated the family goddess and said unto her,
"Oh goddess ! My forefathers and myself have always worshipped thee with der otion and offerings But if may famıly line ends with me, then there will be none to worship thee So, ob goddess, be kind to tell me with the help of thy avadlı knox ledge whether or not I shall have a son"
The goddess said,
"You will have a son, but it is no time yet for that. But deviate not from the path of religion."
This assertion of the goddess refised Purandar on the spiritual path with great steadfastness A few years passed like this At last, one night, Punyasri saw the moon in a dream She was happy and shared the content of her dream with her husband The spesthi was happy too "It portends to the arrival of a son in the family," said he
The dream came true, and Punyasrı gave birth to a male child Grand feasts were organised in his honour. Offers were freely made to all seekers As the boy was born after so much propitiation, he was named Punyasar
