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had been falsely blamed and thrown into the abysm of disgrace, his heart began to palpitate. His mind was filled with inexpressible agitation and grief. Yet he took a hard and cruel decision not to give shelter to Anjana in Mahendrapur. He decided to do his duty trampling down the promptings of his heart. But this justice dispensed by the king and the moral values which he tried to respect were absolutely one-sided. The partiality for nobility and lofty virtues is a necessary thing but it should be limited to one's own self.
But we should not adopt this attitude of unbudging partiality for moral and ethical excellence with respect to others because such an insistence on ethical excellence in others may cause total injustice to others or it would cause harm to others. It is not proper and just to disgrace other Jivas or to look down upon them misled by rumours and malicious scandals without carefully examining the situation and circumstances. A just judgement should not be based on rumours and scandals. Those people who disgrace others believing rumours and malicious scandals, gather terribly sinful Karmas and when those sinful Karmas bring about their effect in a later Janma they will have to weep shedding blood from their eyes; not tears. In other words, we should not pass any judgement upon others; nor should we condemn others merely on the basis of some rumours and scandals. We should make a careful and impartial examination of the situation; understand all the facts about it and then we should pass a judgement on the person concerned.
Of course, the misfortune of Anjana blinded King Mahendra to realities and so his judgement was not just and fair. By passing such a judgement, he threw himself into the cruel claws of sinful Karmas from which he could not easily get liberation.
"Your Excellency, please do not forget that your blood is flowing through every vein of Anjana and that she was brought up in the highly cultured atmosphere of Mahendrapur. For years, during her girlhood, she lived in your family and received instruction and inspiration from her elders to lead a life of absolute nobility, chastity and culture. We have seen her per
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