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do so, this rascal wouldn't have stayed alive and wouldn't have
robbed my wealth.” Ohhh…! Such a fierce and terrifying
thought process. He couldn't cut the throat before nor can he
cut now. Even then the blind a rac on for wealth and his
devil mind invoked in him such a bloody thought of murder!
He is repen ng!!! for not being able to murder him! Such an
evil mindset very smoothly eases his way for hell.
The merchant returned home and stormed on Bhaliya
with slaps and kicks. Now he got really very upset under
frustra on, "What? What should I do now? Yes, I'll drag this
bastard to the King's court!" Thinking so, he complained to the
King and summoned him. Minister was quite clever! He tracked
the truth, iden fied the thief's the . But the wicked man said
just one thing, "Majesty! He cut my nose and ears before. I have
paid the price and took the valuables. If he gets fix my nose and
ears on its place, then I'm ready to return all the jewellery today
itself.”
A de of astonishment rolled all over in the royal court.
Even the King understood the ma er. He was shocked to learn
the ruthless cruelty of miser Laxmidas! He decided in his mind
that Laxmidas is not worthy for wealth and told Laxmidas to
return his nose and ears and take back your wealth. How can
Laxmidas return it? The case was discharged. 'Oh! I failed to cut
his throat !' He took my wealth worth crores.' He ended his life,
immersed in such evil- thinking and pained by the intense
craving for wealth and went straight deep down in hell. What
did wealth give him? A demon's life instead of human life. One
should have red alertness from such dangerous wealth, so
much alertness in mind that even a er wealth leaves us off,
the holiness and purity in mind shouldn't leak off, the
detachment towards the wealth shouldn't go, the so ness and
kindness of heart shouldn't go.
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6. Vain Advice
As the age and post increases, people tend to give
endless instruc ons to their younger subordinates. They fail to
recognize and put trust in the intellect and talent of the
subordinate person. As a result, the elders or bosses remain
eager and impa ent, furious and anxious a er assigning a task
to them. On the other side, the person to whom the job is
assigned develops dislike and disgust towards the elders and
the bosses. Gurudevshri aptly says 'If we feel, he can't do the job
without our step by step explana on then there is a danger in
giving him a responsible job. Because if the circumstances
change, this fool won't make 160 out of 100 but lessen to 60 out
of 100! So the conclusion is one should leave a bit on the
intelligence of the person to whom we are entrus ng the task.
One should remember 'Boss's instruc ons work ll the gate'.
This same thing applies to today's parents. Non-stop
hammering of instruc ons on ones children breaks down
their respect and recep vity towards oneself. As a result in
future, they would turn deaf ears to even a benefi ng advice.
This story also shows how a small decision taken while in boiling
anger can result in a terrible and repen ng outcome.
The story also tells us that even if a boss makes a plan to
harass us, we must be polite. We must not take revenge. We
mustn't do t for tat. By our polite behaviour, we can change
the hos le a tude of our boss towards us. The story also
depicts that when one has fallen in a dreadful calamity, he must
not fear. Instead, he must use his intelligence to get out of the
catastrophe.
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