Atondido Stories
The elder brother, after finishing the puja, demanded his
brother's corpse of the god. The god called his Ganas, who came
to the front blinking, and fearing the anger of their master. The
god was greatly enraged. The elder brother was very angry.
When the corpse was not forthcoming he cuttingly remarked, "Is
this, after all, the return for my deep belief in you? You are una-
ble even to return my brother's corpse." Ganesa was much
ashamed at the remark. So he, by his divine power, gave him a
living Gangazara instead of the dead corpse. Thus was the sec-
ond son of the Soothsayer restored to life.
The brothers had a long talk about each other's adventures.
They both went to Ujjaini, where Gangazara married the prin-
cess, and succeeded to the throne of that kingdom. He reigned
for a long time, conferring several benefits upon his brother. And
so the horoscope was fully fulfilled.
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