Passage 18

In English

When heard about the abduction of , he summoned a soldier to bring a bundle of ornaments that some monkeys had found in the forest. asked to find out if the ornaments in the bundle belonged to or not. opened the bundle and started shedding tears. He said, “O brother! I can identify only the toe rings that sister-in-law wore, since I always noticed them when I used to prostrate before her feet every day in the morning.” was the embodiment of purity and virtue. He is a worthy ideal to be emulated by students. Though he lived for thirteen years in the company of and , he had never looked at the face of .