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The daughter was young, & he (Cyavana Muni) was like her great-grandfather. Match was not at all suitable, but he had to offer. So this girl also took it seriously, & she was serving the old husband very faithfully like honest, chaste wife, - Never mind

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"the daughter was young, and he was like her grand . . . great-grandfather. (laughs) Match was not at all suitable, but he had to offer. So this girl also took it seriously, and she was serving the old husband very faithfully like honest, chaste wife, "Never mind"

Conversations and Morning Walks

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He had to agree. Otherwise, the whole thing was catastrophe. So the king said: "Yes. She's not married. If you like I can offer my daughter to you." Then everything was settled up. But the daughter was young, and he was like her grand . . . great-grandfather. (laughs) Match was not at all suitable, but he had to offer. So this girl also took it seriously, and she was serving the old husband very faithfully like honest, chaste wife, "Never mind." Then, some days after, the same saintly person was visited by two heavenly physicians, aśvinī-kumāras.

Prabhupāda: All of them became without any passing of stool. So the king could understand there is some offense. So . . . because formerly the kings were saintly persons. He asked all his men, "What you have done?" Then the girl said, "Father, I have done something." Then he made this plea, that "Kindly excuse this girl . . . out of ignorance . . ." He was very angry, that Cyavana Muni. His attitude was always angry. Then all of them became very much aggrieved. Then she (he) asked: "Whether your girl is married?" King could understand that "He wants to marry my daughter. Otherwise, why he's inquiring?" And he was so old . . . I have got my skin still tight. All loose.

Hari-śauri: He was all slack.

Prabhupāda: And he was old. So he had to agree. Otherwise, the whole thing was catastrophe. So the king said: "Yes. She's not married. If you like I can offer my daughter to you." Then everything was settled up. But the daughter was young, and he was like her grand . . . great-grandfather. (laughs) Match was not at all suitable, but he had to offer. So this girl also took it seriously, and she was serving the old husband very faithfully like honest, chaste wife, "Never mind." Then, some days after, the same saintly person was visited by two heavenly physicians, aśvinī-kumāras. The aśvinī-kumāras, they had some difficulty. They were not allowed in the society of the demigods while drinking soma-rasa. They had some defects, something like that. So when the physician came to see Cyavana Muni, he said that, "If you can give me young age, beautiful, you can make me by your treatment beautiful young man, which is very pleasing to young girls, then I shall give you the facility of drinking soma-rasa in the society of demigods." "Yes." So he made him very nice, beautiful-looking young man by taking him to a certain lake, and they dipped down, and all of them became fresh young men, beautiful, very beautiful. So this chaste wife, she could not recognize, "Who is my husband?" They look all very beautiful young men.

Hari-śauri: Cyavana and his followers, or . . .?

Prabhupāda: No, Cyavana became young and the aśvinī-kumāras also became . . .

Hari-śauri: Oh, they all went in.

Prabhupāda: All. They dipped down in a certain lake.

Page Title:The daughter was young, & he (Cyavana Muni) was like her great-grandfather. Match was not at all suitable, but he had to offer. So this girl also took it seriously, & she was serving the old husband very faithfully like honest, chaste wife, - Never mind
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-07-01, 10:36:58
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