Chinna Katha – Be Thankful

July 15, 2006

Everyone is weak at something or the other in his life. This is a story about a boy who was dull in Maths. He used to fail in Maths. One fine day, he was praying to God, "Please see that I get good marks in Maths this time". He promised God that he would offer laddu and payasam. He learnt only some important questions. As he appeared for the test, "Wow!" he found those questions, which he had prepared for. His joy knew no bounds. He wrote the test well and he was left with plenty of time. He thought he would write down the ingredients for preparing laddu and payasam and expenditure budget. He wrote down all the items required and started deleting all of them one by one, thinking that there was no need to buy all those items and waste a lot of money. After a while he struck off everything and thought "Why should I make something, God will not eat anyway, so I will just offer some flowers." In Bhagavad Gita it is mentioned that God is content with Pushapam, Phalam or Toyam. Then the invigilator came and asked for the papers .He gave the paper and came back home. The next day he got his results he was shocked to see zero in his paper. Then he verified the paper and observed that by mistake he had given the paper in which he had written about the ingredients and brought the answer paper home.

So, he realized that we should not fool God.

July 16, 2006

Dear Mr. Vishnu

I was delighted to read your mail. Our mythology and culture are so meaningful and self explainatory. I should appreciate your gesture to promote the morals of this kind.

I too want to post some moral stories and sayings. I dont know how you could send email to me. Let me know the common URL address or email id where i can post it.