Passage 26

In English

Here is a small story. Once a king went to a forest and performed intense penance. As he prayed to God earnestly, God appeared before him. The king then prayed to Him, “Many people suffer from troubles and sorrows in the world. There are bigger people and beggars, rich people and poor people. Why did You create all these differences? Remove all these differences, make all people equal in all respects”. God then replied, “Dear! This world is , which means coming and going. This is a natural dispensation which is sustaining the creation and the world in a vibrant condition. One is born as a child, becomes a boy at 10, an adult at 30 and a grandfather at the age of 75. The same individual is the child, the boy, the man and the grandfather. There is no life without change. Change should be there. If there is no change, people will not be happy. There is no happiness in equality. The foolish king persisted with his logic. Then God said, “Alright, I hereby make all people equal in status in your kingdom”. When the king went back to his kingdom, he found that all the roads were dirty. As the sweepers became rich, there was no one to clean the roads. When he reached his palace, there was no one to welcome him and there were no servants in the palace as all servants were living in palatial buildings. Similarly, there were no gatekeepers and watchmen. When he asked the queen where all the servants were, she said, “Since all of them have become rich and equal to the king, they are not bothered about serving him any longer”! Then the foolish king realised: “Alas! I did not understand when God was explaining to me”. He then understood the importance of each profession. Each one is respectable, and each one should perform his respective duties sincerely. None should be slighted or praised basing on power or position. So, people should discharge their respective duties.