The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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"Then why did you say that you had been instructed?
How could he who did not know these things say that he
had been instructed?" Then Svetaketu went back to his
father with a sorrowful mind and said to him: "Revered
Sir, you told me that you had instructed me, though you
had not instructed me.
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"That fellow of a Kshatriya asked me five questions and
I could not answer one of them." The father said: "As
you have stated these questions to me, let me assure you
that I do not know even one of them. If I had known
them, why should I not have told them to you?"
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Then Gautama went to the king‟s place. When he
arrived the king showed him proper respect. Next
morning, when the king came to the assembly,
Gautama, too, came there.
The king said to him: "Gautama, Sir, ask of me a boon
relating to human wealth."
He replied: "May human wealth remain with you. Tell
me that speech which you addressed to my boy."
The king became sad.
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