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the blood-odour. He prepared himself to bite the king. He forgot the promise he gave to the louse. Indeed the mean follows hardly value their promise. They give many false promises but they do not fulfil them. “I am like your cow, please leave me this time. I shall never return to this country". With these words Mohammed Ghori, the aggressor of India escaped the iron hands of Prithviraj. He invaded India seventh time and confined Prithviraj to prison.
Here the bug gave a sting to the king and tasted the sweet blood of the king. The king was still awake and he at once got up on being stung by the bug. He began to examine the couch carefully and the attendants rushed in. They asked: “Your Majesty, what is the matter?” He said : "I think there is a bug in my bed". The attendants now minutely began to spy through the bedsheet. The bug after giving a bite at once escaped in the leg of the couch. He could not be caught by the attendants ; but that louse which was living in the stitch of the bedsheet was apprehended by the attendants who took it to be the right culprit. She was crushed to death by the attendants and the king retired to sound slumbers.
Resort only for a night given to the mean bug resulted in loss of life for the louse, then what shall be your fate when you have
ccorded resort to the evil Karmas since long. You might say ; “Yes, we know it. The result will be great sufferings for us". But these words merely dance on your lips, they do not flow from your heart otherwise the situation would be quite different. You would not rest in that case silently. You walk on a path to hear the words of alarm, "snake ! snake''! what would you do then ? Would you not change your path ? or you would continue walking on the same path ? When your next house has caught fire, would you sleep on your couch; make merry or begin to run away ?
You must be still remembering the incident of 1942. Singapore was captured and it was feared that Bombay would be bombarded Do you remember what you were about to then ? You disposed of your valuable house-hold assets at throw away price. You packed up your bags and baggages to leave Bombay. You waited long for six to eight hours for the train and you paid even twenty rupees to the porters instead of two rupees without any reluctance. Your faces were all overpowered with nervousness. You were all eager to reach your native place by the train. When you strive
