Passage 11

In English

One night during his sleep, he felt thirsty and he took out water from the jug and tried to put it in a tumbler and wanted to drink it; but he found that when he was pouring water from the jug into the tumbler, his hands were shaking. He did not sleep that night at all. As soon as the day dawned, he sent for the and . He told the that the vitality and the strength of his organs has diminished, and therefore, he cannot rule over the country. He requested them to make all preparations to install on the throne. Here he established the truth that an individual who has no control over his own organs had no right to rule over the country. In the matter of ruling over the country, realised the proper code of conduct for the king, and the proper code of conduct for the people. Whoever the individual may be, however great he may be, he must recognise the conditions around him and adjust himself to the surroundings. But in certain instances in , especially when was going to the forest, it has been said that could not bear the sorrow, and that he fell down in a swoon. Here also was proclaiming that such sorrows are incidental, and they come because of our relationship and attachment to the human body. For an individual, there are no children before they were born. In those conditions, how does one understand either the sorrow or the pain caused by one’s own son? It is only because of the bodily relationship that the father will experience sorrow. It is obvious here that any sorrow or pain caused by a son is something which comes halfway during one’s life and is not natural to him.