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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
180 The minister said to the King, "Your Highness! All this was arranged to answer your question. The brāhmins who were not willing to feed others are Dänavas (demons) and those who fed others are devas (gods)”.
Oliver Goldsmith, the English poet and essayist was also a doctor. One day, an incident took place in his life. A certain lady whose husband was seriously ill took Goldsmith to cure her husband of his illness. Within a few minutes, Goldsmith realised that the man was ill because of poverty. He said to the lady, "I will send some medicine. Give it to your husband. It will immediately bring him relief. Don't worry." After going home, Goldsmith went a packet to the lady. It was written on the packet, “Use this only if it is absolutely necessary to use it.” When she opened the packet, she found in it ten gold sovereigns. The sight of the morey gave the husband immediate relief. They thanked the poet for his generosity. The purpose of the perishable human body and the transitory human lise is to help others. Hence, we must always be benevolent.
Just as poverty causes disease, it can also cause disputes and dissensions.
King Bhoja once was going about the streets of his city, Dhārānagari, in disguise to observe personally the difficulties of his subjects. He happened to be passing by the house of a poor brahmin. He heard the noises of people quarrelling and beating one another. He heard the voices of two ladies and a man. He found out that they were the mother, the son and the son's wife. The King noted the number of the house and went away.
The next day, the brahmin was summoned to the court. The King asked him, "Oh Brāhmin ! You are a scholar. You are educated and you are a poet. Yet, you quarrel with the members of your family, why?" The brahmin said, "Your highness! In our family such quarrels always take place because every member hates the other. I do not know who is to blame among us. I cannot say who is guilty. My mother does not like me and my wife.
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