In English
’s two children, and , arrived in the world crying as soon as they were born. They would not stop crying at all, while and were playing about with blissful smiles, in their cradles. The children of puzzled everybody by their incessant crying. tried, by resorting to various stratagems like toys and colourful objects to make them stop crying but it was of no avail. Emperor consulted several physicians to cure the strange malady of ’s children; but nothing worked. Mother then called Sage as the last resort to her problem. The eminent Sage meditated for some time and said, “Oh Mother, you need not administer any medicine to alleviate your children’s suffering. All you have to do is to keep by the side of , and in the cradle of . and are of one , and so are and .” did accordingly and found that and stopped crying immediately. The two children who had refused to drink milk until then, started taking food and playing in the cradle. Surprised at this sudden change of their behaviour, prayed to the Sage to explain the cause of this behaviour. The Sage explained thus, “Oh noble mother, a branch is a part of the tree. Humans are part of Divinity and cannot live without Him. Since was born of the same aspect as , he did not rest until he was united with . The same holds good for . He would not bear the separation from . The Individual cannot live apart from the Absolute Self, which is its source. A fish cannot exist away from water, even if it is placed in a golden bowl studded with precious stones. The fish can be at rest only in water and not in a golden bowl, for water is its life source. Similarly, the individual self is restless until it reaches the Absolute Self, which is its source.” Though many people have power and wealth at their command they enjoy no peace of mind, for they live apart from their source, which is God. The world may give temporary joy; but to enjoy eternal peace and bliss, we must go back to the source. This episode of and crying until they were united with and respectively, illustrates the supreme truth that the individual being too can find happiness only in the union with the Eternal. It is the first great lesson that the teaches us.