Harikesh Bal Diwakar Chitrakatha 049

Author(s): Nityanandsuri, Chidanandmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Mahavir Seva Trust Mumbai

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Harikesh Bal
The yaksh in the ascetic's body said
Gentlemen ! I am a
shraman who has renounced household and lives on alms. You are distributing a lot of food. If you could only give me a little from the
leftovers....
At that moment host Rudradev arrived. When he saw the ugly ascetic in rags he lost his temper and said
O Rudradev !
As a farmer sows This food is only seeds in good as well for Brahmins and
as bad part of his land, not for lowly people
you should also donate
food to a shraman with like you. Get out
devotion. For such at once.
giving is a source
of merit.
Idiot! You are trying to teach me. Only the scholarly Brahmins are sources of merit in this world. Dirt like you is worst than a
trash-can.
O Brahmin ! Those Brahmins who are without true knowledge and conduct,
and whose life is filled with violence, untruth, anger and
pride are not sources of piety.
These words of the ascetic acted as fuel for the anger of Rudradev. He stepped ahead
O great Brahmin !
Abandon your anger Stop this nonsense.
and ego and think for a
moment. It is not the I will prefer this food
appearance or family of to rot rather than a monk that matters. It is give it to an unholy, his sacrifice that matters. person like you. To give to a detached
is a pious act.
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