147. O Sridhara, you complain saying, “Mother, you believed what others said and punished me. Isn’t it true you thought I had stolen the butter? And didn’t you pull me and tie me to the mortar? Everyone saw me tied to the mortar and made fun of me. ” O, dear child, If you keep narrating what happened, laughing and staying away, the holes in your ears will close. Come, I will put the thread in your ears before the beautiful women standing here laugh at you.
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