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Mahabharata -Rajagopalachari
4.DEVAYANI AND KACHA
You should now
reciprocate my love and make me happy
by marrying me. Brihaspati as well as
yourself are fully worthy of being honored
by me. "
In those days, it was no uncommon thing
for wise and learned brahmana ladies to
speak out their mind with honorable
frankness. But Kacha said:
"O faultless one, you are my master's
daughter and ever worthy of my respect. I
got back my life by being born out of your
father's body. Hence I am your brother. It
is not proper for you, my sister, to ask me
to wed you."
Devayani sought in vain to persuade him.
"You are the son of Brihaspati," said she,
"and not of my father. If I have been the
cause of your coming back to life, it was
because I loved you as indeed I have
always loved you as my husband. It is not
fit that you should give up one like me
sinless and devoted to you."
Kacha replied: "Do not seek to persuade
me to unrighteousness. You are
enchanting more so now than ever,
flushed as you are with anger. But I am
your brother. Pray bid me adieu. Serve
unto perfection, ever and always, my
master Sukracharya."
With these words Kacha gently
disengaged himself and proceeded to the
abode of Indra, the king of gods.
Sukracharya consoled his daughter.
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