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truth are lovable and are like nector. The persons who listen to such words of a truthful person, not only they enjoy but also get inspiration in their lives.
A story occuring in the literature may be described here in short in this context. Once a Jain monk was preachiog 'Dharma' to laymen. A thief who listened to the preaching requested the monk to give him also a vow. The monk said, 'You leave your business of stealing. The thief said that it was the only means for his livelhood and denied to leave it. Then the monk said, 'you take the vow of talking the Truth.' The thief agreed. One day, the thief started to steal in the palace. On the way, the guard asked him 'Who are you and where are you going?' 'I am a thief, I am going to the palace to steal', the theif said. A person who is enter.ng the palace to steal, how can he tell this with such a courage ?He might be related to the king. Thinking in this line, the guard allowed the thief to enter the palace. The thief stole the ornaments in the palace and left it. Next day, when a search was made to find out the thief, this very thief was caught in a forest with all the ornaments. When he was questioned, he told with courage, that the ornaments belonged to the palace and he had stolen them. Looking at the courage and the manner in which the thief told the truth, the soldiers of the palace, with a notion that he must be a relative of the palace, did not arrest him. Looking at himself, the thief thought his escape was only due to the Truth. So, he knew the importance of the truth and afterwards, not only he left his wrong path but also he took up to the right path and in due course become a liberated soul.
Lastly, we conclude this article, quoting the ideas of the famous Kannada poet Ranna (10th Century) in this behalf as described in his 'Ajitaņātha Purāņa.'s Poet Ranna says that there are four categaries of people. First one—They talk lovable words and the result of them is also lovable. Second category-Their talk is harsh, but the result is lovable. Third cotery is their talk is lovable but the result is poisonous, Fourth-category is—Their talk is harsh and the result is also harsh and shocking.
Out of these four categories, there is lot of danger to the society from the people belonging to the third and fourth categories. So, poet Ranna has cautioned to be careful about such people. People belonging to the second category may be all right but what we should try to achieve is to belong to the first category. Their lies the usefullness of the life. The proverb in Kannada The person who knows how to talk and what to talk brings the Jewels and the person who does not know how to talk and what to talk brings the quarrel.' Remembering this proverb, we should try to 'Talk' with full control over the tongue, words which bring pleasure to the people and thus try to mak our lives useful and pleasant both in this world and in, the so called, the other world.
The truth being the one aspect of the soul, the persons who follow up 'Satya Dharma', such souls do become 'Suddhātmā' and ultimately 'Paramātmā'. There seems no doubt in believing this principle which is preached by the 'Paramātmās' themselves. 'Satyai Vada, Dharmam Cara'.
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