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िव दे ह िवदेह Videha িবেদহ िवदेह थम मैिथली ािक्षक ई िका Videha Ist MaithiliFortnightly e Magazine िवदेह थम मैिथली पािक्षक ई पिका ०१ जनवरी २००९ (वषर् २मास १३ अंक २५) http://www.videha.co.in/ मानुषीिमह संस्कृ ताम्conver sat i on.The el der br ot her under st ood t hat t he st or mi n Nand’s brain was not going to stop. He kept on consoling Nand. But hehad known Nand from his childhood. He knew that Nand is very stubborn. So hewas scared. He was not talking to Nand’s wife directly but he t ol d hert hat ever yt hi ng was dependent on her .Nand went t o dr op hi s el der br ot her t o t he st eamerat Mahendr ughat because he coul dn’t trust his brother. He suspectedthat his brother could go through the bridge without telling him and the bridgemight col l apse anyt i me.Af t er t hat Nand st ar t ed l ear i ng ast r ol ogy.He and hi schi l dr en st ar t ed wear i ng var i et y of st ones i n r i ngs.Oneday, he bout h Hanumaan chal i sa f or ever y one at home.Hekept f i ve t o t en books ext r a i n st ock and st ar t ed gi vi ngt o vi si t or s. Dur i ng t hat t i me Nand met a f ake t ant r i k.Hecaught Nand’s psychology so nicely that Nand accepted him as a prophet. Thatpriest had all solutions to Nand’s problems- like how to punish the corruptedpeople, how to improve children’s result and many more. The basi s ofsol ut i on was mant r a and t ant r a on whi ch Nand never haddi sbel i ef .That pr i est st ar t ed aski ng f or money f or doi ng al lneedf ul r i t ual s.That pr i est t ol d Nand t hat t he goddesst ol d hi m i n hi s dr eams t hat ever yt hi ng woul d be f i ne i nnext mont h. He t aught hi m some yoga post ur es and Nandst ar t ed f ol l owi ng hi s i nst r uct i ons l i ke a st udentfollowed his teacher’s instructions. Nand tried that for the entire monthbut nothing happened. In that way a year passed. Meanwhile that priest had somefinancial pr obl em and Nand had t o bear hi s per sonal expensest oo. That pr i est ’s children also started tantra. Once a child said, ‘theGoddess is under the bed’ and Nand started looking underneath the bed to findthe Goddess. Again the priest gave proposal of marriages of hi s son andhi s daught er wi t h Nand’s nephew and Nand’s son. Nand was fed up of228