Passage 4

In English

Man must opt to God, sooner or later

Similarly man does not opt for God in the beginning, when grief overtakes him. He has to opt for God, sooner or later; but he does not recognise the inevitability. Choose wisely. A merchant had four wives; he had to go to once on business for a long stay; he posted letters to them asking them what they wanted him to bring from when he returned. The first wife (symbolic of or dullness) wrote for some effective drugs which would ameliorate her physical illnesses; the second wanted him to bring fashion and pieces as well as jewels of design. Her behaviour marks her out as a symbol of the rajasik temperament. The third wife (the sathwik type) wrote that he should bring her some good books like , , etc. The fourth wife, however, (the , who had gone beyond the three ) wrote "I require nothing, I want only you." Of course, every one of them got what they had asked for; the fact one became the happiest of all. Have no desire, empty your mind of all cravings, become hollow and straight - be-come a flute and will breathe through you sweet melody to still the agitation of the world.