In this fashion, she was able to simply accept her fate in silence, though an indignant power began to grow in her, a force from which the long run could be born. In time. All in good time.She didn't say a single word for the subsequent nine years, which meant that Vidyasagar, who knew many things, didn’t even know her name. He decided to call her Gangadevi, and he or she accepted the name without grievance, and helped him gather berries and roots to eat, to brush out their poor residence, and to haul water from the well. Her silence suited him perfectly, because on most days he was lost in meditation, considering the meanings of the sacred texts that...
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