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| Biographies of Great Indians & Hindus |
DAYANANDA SARASWATHI |
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| Leaving HomeThe desire to give up family ties grew in Moolashankar. What is
life? What is death? He wanted to learn the answers to these questions from a perfect
sage. With this end in view, Mopolashankar was determined to leave home in search of a
worthy guru (a teacher) His parents noticed his growing detachment and were afraid that he
might run away from home to become a monk. They decided he should soon be married. Even a
bride was selected.The preparations for themarriage began in right earnest. Moolashankar
did not show any opposition, That gave his parents the impression that their son was
willing to marry and they were happy. But Moolashankar's mind was firmly set upon
renunciation of family life.
One day, as it was getting dark, Moolashankar came out of his room. He stood in the spacious courtyard and gazed for a moment at his wealthy house. In his mind he bowed for the last time to his parents and other elders from where he stood. His heart grew heavy. The eyes were full of tears. I shall never again set foot in this house,' he told himself and walked away. At this time, Moolashankar was only twenty-one years old. All the efforts of Karshanji to bring his son back home were of no avail. |
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