The boy was a pruthaak, distinctive in appearance by their cleft lips. In those times, it was seen as a mark of shame and families would abandon such children to the streets. Considered untouchable, they survived on fringes of society doing jobs considered too demeaning for anyone else. -- from the story of Idama Nagabhushana, the first of the Idama and perfecter of rebirthing.


We must all atone for our misdeeds, either in this life or the next.