Passage 3

In English

On another occasion, when was just getting in the middle of his sleep, she came and sang a lullaby: “I have made the four as the four corners of your cradle, and I have made the nine precious stones decorate your cradle. The King of cobras is guarding you, in your cradle. This is the cradle of , and in it I have made a bed for you in the form of . You symbolise all the seven worlds and they are united in you. In such a cradle, you should sleep soundly.” The mother knew very well that was God almighty, and yet she was often steeped in such . Gradually, was growing up in the house of , and he had learnt to move about the house and play. The mother was, at all times, attached to him and was looking after him. On one occasion, when some came to his mother to enquire about his welfare, went to a mirror and was pretending to feed butter to his own image in the mirror, as if he was very innocent. The mother was greatly surprised to see how innocent was. All actions of appeared as if they were being performed by a very young innocent person, but yet they caused a great deal of surprise. used to come and ask his mother why his hair was not growing as nicely as his brother’s hair. In order to satisfy him, his mother always used to tell him that his hair would also grow nicely, if he drank a lot of milk and ate plenty of butter. After some days, he came to his mother again and asked why his hair was not growing, although he was drinking plenty of milk and eating butter. The mother gave a somewhat harsh reply to this and said, “Your brother is drinking well-boiled milk and eating butter only if he is given, but he does not steal them. You are always impatient and you snatch away the milk as soon as I milk the cows, and even before the butter is ready, you cry for butter. Your brother is very patient and quiet while you are not!” She thus admonished . From that day, determined not to ask his mother for milk, and he used to go to the neighbouring houses and ask for milk. Because he did many unusual things like killing , he endeared himself to all the people in the village, and they all used to love him. He used to be freely welcomed in any house that he went to, and from that day, the thefts also increased. The used to complain to . On one day, caught and admonished him by saying, “You do not eat what is given to you but you go to the houses of the other and steal butter and milk. You are a small boy and yet your entire mouth is smelling of butter and the whole village has been complaining about you.” In this manner, the were always complaining about . We must understand the inner meaning of the actions of . The word means a pure heart. Pure butter here is compared to a pure heart. means ocean of milk, and the is sometimes described as an ocean. Here we should interpret ’s actions by saying that he steals the pure and clean hearts of people who are steeped in the ocean of . In this manner, ’s actions have a deep inner meaning. On one occasion, he came crying to his mother like an ordinary child. When the mother asked why he was crying, he replied that he was unhappy because his brother was always quarrelling, and not playing properly with him. There was some kind of disagreement between and . While playing, would always ask him if he was truly the son of , and he used to humiliate him in the presence of other children by saying that he was actually purchased by from some other mother and that he was not truly the son of . This used to hurt and he would always assert that he was the son of and . would then retort and ask why was dark if he was truly the son of and , who were of fair complexion. He used to argue that if was really the son of and , he should also be fair. used to bring such arguments before Mother and start crying. At this, was deeply moved and she told that was always jealous and hence keeps on cooking up such stories. She asserted that she was, indeed, the mother and he was the son. Here, we must notice that she did not say was her son or that she was his mother. Here, was in doubt. Friends were taking the information from here and was accepting the authority of affection. We should see that the essential evidence based on truth coming from or the has not been used. Each one has been using his own as the case may be. However, the main authority should be based on involving the experience of all the senses. demonstrated to the world that only was reliable and important.