Atmadeva was not ready to hear advices. He still insisted that he wanted a child and pleaded to the Sage to give him that boon. Seeing Atmadeva in that miserable state, the sage became merciful. He gave Atmadeva a fruit and requested his wife to eat it and told him that they will soon be blessed with a child upon eating the fruit. Overjoyed by this blessing, he thanked the sage and went back home and asked his wife to eat the fruit. However, his wife was not very happy to hear this. She had never wanted to have a child as she was not ready for the sacrifices and pain a mother has to face right from her pregnancy. Yet she didn’t want to displease her husband.

Note – It is said that a man who has control over his mind has control over every thing.

How interesting the two characters of Atmadeva and the Sage are! One is dominated by a weak mind and emotions and yield to miserable destiny. The other has won the mastery over his mind and hence acquired even the power to change the destiny of another man.

Dundukari and Gokarna…