PLEASE
READ THE STORY AND ALSO THE MORAL AT THE END
Not
so long time ago, lived one good king. He was very generous and always helpful
for his citizens. Whatever time people asked he was ready to offer.
Citizens
also liked very much their king, but they have become very worried about him.
The king who was once vital men who had won many battles now has changed. He
was all day only eating and sleeping. In this way days, weeks, months and years
passed. The king never went out of his bed. He was spending his life only in
bed doing nothing else except eating or sleeping.
Slowly
effects of such a life started appearing. The king couldn’t even move his body. He has become so fat. He
has become subject of joke for everyone.
The
king realised something is to be done, or he will soon be dead.
He
offered great reward for one who would cure him and make him fit again. The
expert doctors from all over the world came with intention to cure the king and
take their reward but nobody was successful. The king tried to follow their
advises and spent big amount of gold but nobody’s advice worked.
One
day a Sage came to Kings palace. He has heard about health situation of the
king, so as dutiful citizen he has decided to help.
The
sage was a respectable person and was considered very wise. So when he
approached the king’s minister with the words that he can cure the king, he was
received by minister with great hope.
The
minister immediately ran to the king and requested him to meet respectable
sage.
The
king who has lost his hope to be cured, decided to try his last chance before
he dies.
The
sage entered the huge hall in which king was residing. The king who has so
great weight could not move his body. So he requested his minister to invite
the sage to come closer to his bed.
The
minister approached the sage and whispered in his ear to come closer to the bed
of the king.
Reaction
of the Sage was surprising . He refused to follow order of the king. He said
that in order to be cured the king had to get out of bed and come to him.
The
king became very angry....and said..." who are you to give orders to your
king", so he jumped from his bed and tried to hit the sage. The sage ran
away and from distance said,..." if you want to be cured and get your
health back you should come on your foot to my cave at mountain for treatment
tomorrow!".
The
king was angrily shouting but minister was
very happy. At least his king
stood up on his legs. King was very angry by being disrespected this
way, but he knew his urgent situation. He must go to a sage tomorrow.
The
next day being helped by the ministers and other citizens who held the
king reached the sage’s cave at nearby
mountain.
Unfortunately
for the king, the sage was not there. The king became even more frustrated and
angry. "Is he joking with me? He invited me but he is not there!"
....said the King.
Disciples
of the sage informed the king that their teacher has gone on urgent business so
they requested the king to come tomorrow morning. For sure the sage will return
up to this time. And he will be available to offer proper treatment to a king.
This
procedure repeated for next 30 days. The king was every day coming but was sent
back by excuse that sage will come tomorrow. In this way the king didn't
received any treatment.
But
soon changes started appearing. The king
lost great amount of weight, he started walking on his own, he felt a much
lighter and healthy. He was sleeping and eating less . In this way he was
having more and more time with his citizens and doing his duty.
He realised he had been cured by the wise sage. The cure was daily walking up the
mountain to the cave of the sage.
Moral of the story:
The
King in this story represents us (souls/jeevs). When we start running away from our
duties, our responsibilities (our soul purpose and duties ... dharam), we become lazy , careless and
attached to excessive eating and sleeping...which results in complete DEGRADATION of ourselves.
No
worldly doctors can save us from such a critical situation.
Only a GURU, a Sage, a
Pure Devotee can save us from such a terrible situation. When such a Person comes in our life, initially
we also get angry ... that why is this Person disrespecting us and ordering us
to do which is not in our comfort zone. But only such a Person knows how to
cure our terrible disease. We can get
cured from all material diseases but on the condition that we sincerely follow
the instructions of such a GURU or Sage or Devotee.
