Guest guest Posted June 26, 2009 Report Share Posted June 26, 2009 Even if he is an enemy, when he comes to our house we should show hospitality. The tree does not withhold its shadow even to the one who has come to cut it.aThithisathkaara or hospitality is emphasized in the sasthras. The good hearted ones do not turn away any one who comes to them even if they were enemies. There is a beautiful story in Ramayana to illustrate this with respect to the incident of Vibheeshana saranagathi, which is the kudos of all the incidents which made the Ramayana a sarangathisastra.Vibheeshana(Brother of Ravana) came seeking refuge to Lord Rama . Sugriva and others except Hanuman advised against it. Lord Rama quotes a story to show that even an enemy should be accepted when he seeks asylum. A hunter caught the female dove and came to take shelter under the tree where the male was. The female which was caught in his net spoke to the male to provide fire for him because he had come to their abode and hence an athithi. The male gathered some sticks and made a fire for the hunter who was shivering in the cold, and seeing the hunter hungry the doves sacrificed themselves to satisfy his hunger by falling into the fire. Lord Rama asked whether he was inferior even to a dove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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