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Prabhava was greatly astonisbed on hearing these words, and he said " Why do you abandon these various pleasures of the world and take Diksā ? Jambu Kumāra said “O Prabhava! Those so-called pleasures of the world are like wyfang Madhū --bindu, a drop of honey. Prabhava said "What is that drop of honey? Jambu Kumāra, thereupon, narrated the story of
fazy Madhu Bindu and go Purush, the man.
THE STORY OF MADHU BINDU AND THE MAN,
A poor man started on a journey to a distant land, in company with a leader of a trading caravan for the purpose of acquiring 'wealth. On the way, the caravan was plundered by robbers. The poor man ran away. While running forward, he saw a huge furious elephant, quickly following his foot-steps with the object of injuring him. Out of fear of being killed, while looking around here and there, the miserable man fell into a well. When falling into the well, he happened to take hold of a branch of a Banyana Tree, standing in close proximity of the well and kept himself hanging there with the aid of the branch of the tree. The man saw a large boa snake in the centre and four ordinary snakes in the four corners, with their mouths opened wide.
On looking upwards, the poor man saw one white and one black rat, biting off the branch of the Banyana Tree to which he had remained hanging. On the tree, there was a large bive of bees from wbich the bees were flying out and stinging him. The elepbant came up and began to shake the Banyan Tree. Thus, when the miserable man saw that the elephant was trying to pull down the tree, rats were biting off the branch of the tree to which he was hanging, and that there were large snakes underneath, he was greatly terrified.
Bnt, eventually, on tasting a drop of honey falling into his mouth, he felt himself happy.
