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body.’ So he returned to his father. His father was anxiously
wai ng for Bhaliya to come for the safety signal so as to dig the
pit and bury the casket. There the Bhaliya arrived with the
survey report, “Dad, I checked all the four direc ons. There is
no one around except a dead body lying below a tree. But what
to fear from a dead body?”
“O Bhaliya! Are you a man or a fool like an animal? Have
you seen it properly? Is it surely a dead body? Beware! A wicked
man may be pretending to be sleeping!”
“No, of course not Dad! It seems like some poor fellow
has fallen from the tree and is dead.”
“He may be blood stained all over, right?”
“No, that isn't!”
“Then how can he just die this way?” “Dad! It seems his
heart must have got suddenly terminated enduring
unapparent, deadly pain!” Bhaliya courteously preached his
gospel.
Father asked, “But did you checked it properly?”
Bhaliya asked with a surprise, “So should I test him by
touching his dead body?”
“Hey, fool! Have you come over here to perform a
religious ritual that you are afraid of touching the dead body? It
won't make you dirty and untouchable. I think you have
checked it by merely watching it without touching. Don't worry,
go ahead and check it properly by touching it. If required, li his
head, hands and the whole body and thrash them. Don't
hesitate and worry much! If you have any misconcep on in
your mind, then bath a erwards. But for now, understand, this
is a safety ques on of crores of jewellery, not of 5-10 Rupees.
Even if it is of 5-10 R, can we let it get robbed off?”
See the tormen ng tension and vexing worry of wealth!
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It is the worry that triggers alertness and a en ve care! And so
very precise and perfect checking! This precision nurtures
hard-heartedness towards the opposite person so the
merchant orders to thrash his hand, head and the whole body!
Therefore the worry of wealth is mean and depraved. It burns
the merit gathered in a number of post lives to ashes just as a
ligh ng cigare e thrown on a giant heap of currency notes.
Similarly, it also burns noble habits and quali es we brought
along from our previous lives.
What can poor Bhaliya do? He just got up and walked
back. Here the wicked man thought in his mind, 'Oh! The
wealth is boun ful! No ma er if my head thrashes. I'll acquire
wealth even on breaking my head 'Bhaliya came and raised the
hand of the wicked man and le in the air, But who was going to
react or reply? This is an inconsiderate loss in front of wealth to
gain. If one gets aware of the superior fruits of spiritual
prac ces, he won't consider and give much importance to
wear out physically, mentally and by wealth!
Bhaliya thought, 'Oh! It seems he died ge ng afflicted
by a terrible pain!’
He returned to his father. He said to his father, “Dad!
There's nothing to worry about. I slammed his head so hard
that he would have got startled and sprang up, if he was living.
But nothing happened as such! Not a li le did he shiver! He's
surely dead.”
Laxmidas was an earnest slave of Mistress Laxmi! He
was fully alert in serving Mistress Laxmi. S ll, he didn't trust
him. He s ll doubted, ‘There is no blood, the corpse is whole
without any cut and wounds. Not moving a bit even on ge ng
thrashed. Surely he may be some wicked man!’
He said to his son, “O Bhaliya! I feel he is some wicked
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