| One day a,
snake bit young Rohitaswa,and the boy died. Chandramati
cried and cried. At last, she carried the boy's body to the burning ghat.
Harischandra was at work at the time.It was late in the
evening. So the husband and wife did not recognise each other at first. When, later they
did, they cried together' over their dead son.
Chandramati had to give to the owner of the ghat a
piece of cloth as fee, but she had none to give. All the same Haris - chandra said, the
fee must be paid.
At last Chandramati started to tear off a part of the cloth
she wore around herbody.
At that moment the gods appeared before them and said,
" Harischandra! We are satisfied with your nobility and love of truth. It was
all a device by which we meant to test you. |
