Troubles of partial understanding
Dear Kids,Whenever a teacher or parents tell you something, you must listen carefully and completely. If you do not understand things properly, you will only get into trouble. Here's a nice story to tell you about the result of partial understanding.
Once upon a time, in a dense forest, along the banks of a beautiful river, there lived a Sanyasin who had many disciples. One day he taught them to see God in all beings and to bow low before them all. One of the disciples went to the nearby village market to buy some essential items for the Gurukul. Suddenly he heard an outcry, "Get out of the way! A mad elephant is coming!"
All but the disciple of the holy man took to their heels. He reasoned that the elephant was God in another form. So why run away? He stood still, bowed before the animal, and began to sing its praises while the Elephant-keeper (Yanai Pahan: elephant keeper, trainer, driver, etc.) was shouting: "Run away! Run away!". All the villagers were also shouting at him, asking him to run away.
But the disciple didn't run.
The animal seized him with its trunk, cast him to one side, and went on its way. Hurt and bruised, the disciple lay unconscious on the ground. Hearing what had happened, his teacher, the great Sanyasin and his brother disciples came to him and carried him to the Gurukul.
With the help of some medicine he slowly regained consciousness.
Someone asked him, "You knew the elephant was coming - why didn't you leave the place?"
"But, "he said, "our Guruji has told us that God Himself has taken all these forms, of animals as well as men. Therefore, thinking it was God that was coming, I didn't run away."
At this the teacher said: "Yes, my child, the elephant God was coming; but the Yanai Pahan God forbade you to stay there. All the Villager Gods were asking you to run away. Why didn't you trust all those Gods who first told you to run away? The elephant God threw you around only because you did not listen first to all the other Gods!"
Hearing this, the poor disciple hung his head in shame, having learnt a good lesson.
Happy reading!
Uncle N
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