9-Welfare to Others
To
do good to others without selfishness is the real doing good to others
As
Vikramaaditya was walking fast toward cremation ground, Vaitaal spoke again
- "Vikram, You seem to be angry, but I am very happy to be with you.
Now listen to another story. There was a rich man lived in Gaandhaar Desh.
His name was Brahmdatt. He had only one wife and had made the rule
for others also not to marry more than one wife. Women were very happy
with this arrangement. Brahmdatt had a son named Somdatt. He was very
handsome and unmarried.
One
day Somdatt went out in the city and halted in front of a temple. After a
while a beautiful woman came out of the temple. Somdatt fell in love with
her. That woman also saw him, smiled and went away shyly. Somdatt came
back and thought about that woman. He took the help of his friends and
found out about her. She was the daughter of the king's minister and her name
was Chandrasenaa. Somdatt sent his proposal to marry her to her parents
but they refused it because she was already engaged to some other man,
named Jayakarn.
Hearing
this Somdatt got very sad. He thought to take Sanyaas, that a messenger
from Chandrasenaa came to him and gave him a letter. She wrote in that
letter, that she would meet him after her marriage. At present she did not
want to create any scene by breaking her marriage. Somdatt got a new life.
He waited for Chandrasenaa. Chandrasenaa got married to Jayakarn. She did
not create any scene during marriage ceremonies, but when, after the
marriage, Jayakarn was about to hold her hand, she withdrew it.
Jayakarn
asked her "What is the matter?" She told him that she loved
Somdatt. Hearing this Jayakarn could not speak anything. After a while he
asked her - "Do you want to go to him?" "Yes"
"You may go." Chandrasenaa went to Somdatt's house. It was
midnight. All was quiet and Chandrasenaa was going there laden with ornaments.
Suddenly
a thief saw her and came in her way. Chandrasenaa got scared, she told him
that she was going to see her lover, when she would come back, she would
give her all ornaments to him. The thief took a promise from her and let
her go. He said - "I will wait for you here only till you come
back." Chandrasenaa agreed and went to Somdatt's house.
Seeing her in this
guise, Somdatt got scared. She said - "Why are you so scared? I wrote you that I would
come after my marriage." "Are you married?" "Yes"
Somdatt did not know what to do. Chandrasenaa said - "What are you looking at? Love me."
Somdatt
said - "No, I cannot love you. You know the law of our kingdom. You
are now Jayakarn's wife. I will be hanged for this crime."
Chandrasenaa said - "Then, you won't?" "No, It was another
matter before marriage, but now I cannot." Chandrasenaa went back
disappointed. She came back to the thief. The thief got very happy to see
her coming back, but when he saw her sad face, he asked her - "Why are you
sad? What happened?" Chandrasenaa told him everything. The thief
pitied her and said - "I like your truthfulness that you came back to
me. Now I will not take your ornaments, you may go." and the thief
went away leaving Chandrasenaa there. Chandrasenaa also came back to
Jayakarn.
Jayakarn
asked her - "Why have you come here now?" Chandrasenaa told him
everything. Jayakarn said - "Now I cannot accept you, you may go
wherever you like." Thus he left Chandrasenaa. Since she had nowhere to
go, she committed suicide by jumping in a well.
Vaitaal
said - "Now you do justice, Vikram."
Vikram
said - "What is there for justice. Chandrasenaa died, whatever she
did, she got its result." Vaitaal said - "That is all right, but
in this story, whose obligation is more, Jayakarn's, his own wife's, or
Somdatt's who did not accept Jayakarn's wife, or of the thief who did not
take her ornaments? Vikram said - "Whatever obligation is done
without selfishness, that is known as real obligation. Whoever has done
the obligation without any selfishness, only his obligation should be
regarded greater."
"Is it Somdatt?"
"No, Because
he refused to accept her only because of king's fear. He did not oblige
Jayakarn." Vaitaal asked - "Then, Is it Jayakarn?"
"No, His heart was broken because of his wife's bad character, that
is why he left her."
"Then, Is it Chandrasenaa?"
"No, She was doing all that because of her love. In fact it was the
thief. He didn't have any selfish motive, that is why he didn't take her
ornaments. That is why I consider the thief the greatest."
Vaitaal
said - "You are right, you have done the correct justice." Since
Vikram
broke his silence, Vaitaal again ran away
from the king's shoulder and hung on the tree upside down. Vikram caught
him by his hair, put him on his shoulder and started walking fast again towards the cremation ground.
After
a while Vaitaal said - "You
are a very good judge, you can separate water from milk." Vikram
remained silent. Vaitaal said - "Don't be angry Vikram, I have been
entertaining you." Vikram said - "You have been entertaining me
or you have been troubling me?" Vaitaal assured him - "Trust me,
I wish your good. You
will see a surprise on this coming turning, but don't stop."
Vikram
continued walking, but stopped on the turning. Some beautiful women were
dancing there. Suddenly they all surrounded Vikram. The then he remembered
Vaitaal's instruction that he should not stop there so he continued
walking. Vaitaal said - "Bravo". Vikram asked - "Who were
they?" Vaitaal said - "It all goes on in forest that is why
people are afraid to come here, but you are really brave, you came here.
In fact they were witches. If you had stopped here they would have eaten
you." "But when I was coming here, they were not there."
"They appear at this time only. All were lost souls. Among them some
were queens, and one of them was my wife." "Your
wife?" "Yes" "Doesn't she know
you?" "There is no relationship after death." And
suddenly Vaitaal ran away from his shoulder and hung from the same tree.
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