ek din brahman devta dukhi hokar van men pyas se dukhi ho talab par ae, jal pikar thake hare vahin baith gaye. sannyasi mahatma ka agaman, brahman dev ka katar bhav v udvign man se unhen pranam karna evan sannyasi ke dvara brahman ke rudan ka karan janne ko prashn karna.
brahman ne kaha- svami santan hinta ke karan main apne pran tyagne hetu yahan aya hun. yativar ke hriday men daya bhav aya aur samadhisth ho brahman ke sampurn vritant ko janakar kaha- he brahman dev! sapt janm tak tumhen santan sukh prapt nahin ho sakta atah parivar ki asha tyag do.
brahman ne kaha- mahatmaji! ya to balpurvak mujhe putra dijie, nahin to main abhi isi kshan apke samaksh pranon ka tyag karta hun.
aisa hath dekhakar mahatma ji ne ek fal dekar kaha- ise tum apni patni ko khila dena, isse ek divya gunon se paripurn putra hoga.
patni ko ek varsh tak satya, shauch, daya, dan aur ek samay ann khane ka niyam lena hoga. brahman ne fal apni stri ko de diya evan sampurn niyam bata die. prasav pira ke anek kashton ka anubhav karte hue dhundhuli ne fal nahin khaya. svami se jhuth kah diya- han mainne fal kha liya. achanak bahin ka ghar ana aur apne bachche ko use de dene ka ashvasan dena tatha pariksha hetu fal ko gay ko khila dena.
anukul samay par bahin ko shishu ki prapti evan use dhundhuli ko chupakar dena. atmadev ko shubh suchna prapt hui. prasann man se dan-punyadi kritya sampann kie. dhundhuli ne balak ka nam dhundhukari rakh diya. tin mah bad gay ko manushyakar gay ke kan vala balak prapt hua jo sarvang sundar tha atah uska nam ‘gokarna’ rakh diya. dhundhukari mahakhal, kami tatha gokarn pandit aur gyani hua. dhundhukari ke dvara mata-pita ki sampurn sampaÿia ka duracharon men nasht karna, pita ko gokarn dvara gyan