Passage 5

In English

Three teachers in everyone's life

There are three teachers for everyone. The first are the 'Parents.' They sacrifice their lives to give comfort to their children. Parents teach their children in a practical way by taking good care of them. The second teacher is the 'Preceptor' who guides the student in exercising his discrimination and taking the right path towards realising the divinity within him. The third teacher is your own 'Conscience.' This is divine and always helps one to take the correct decision. When anyone tries to commit a sinful act or speak an untruth, the Conscience revolts and warns him that he is not right. In the , we have the example of who went to the forest in obedience to the command of his father. This caused sadness to the people of . Even great sages like were in grief. was the embodiment of righteousness and the repository of all good qualities. Though he was still young, his administrative skill was unparalleled. and , on arrival at , learnt about 's departure to the forest and felt so. shocked and grieved that they did not wish to stay even for a moment in and decided to go to the forest to request to return to and take up the rulership of the kingdom as he alone was the right one to rule. All the people of followed them. Even accompanied them to reinforce their efforts to being back to . All of them entreated to return to and take over the reins of administration of the kingdom.