Story - Complete Faith in God.

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Dear Devotees in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone...

 

Did I send this earlier? I do not remember. If not, here it is. If

yes, here it is once again. Love and Love alone....

 

P. Gopi Krishna

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" V. Raman " <vraman_protech@ > wrote:

 

In a village in Orissa there lived a good natured girl called

Vasanthi. Her mother Radhabai wanted to give her in marriage to a

boy called Mahendra living in the same village since she knew that

they loved each other. She expressed her thoughts to her husband

Raghavaiyya.

 

Raghavaiyya was against this match as Mahendra was an orphan. He

wanted his daughter to marry Sukaveera from a wealthy family. He

thought that, as Sukaveera's wife, his daughter would be able to

lead a comfortable life.

 

His wife did not like this as Sukaveera was aged and she also knew

that her daughter would not be happy with her father's decision. In

the meantime, Mahendra left for town in search of a job.

 

Sukaveera and his friends started for the town on some work.

Vasanthi's father also accompanied them.

 

They stayed in a choultry near the temple. Raghavaiya was laid up

with small pox.

 

Noticing this, Sukaveera and his friends were worried about their

own health. They discussed with each other and selfishly decided to

leave the sick man outside the town.

 

Fortunately, Mahendra, who was in the same town heard this news. He

immediately rushed to help Vasanthi's father. Mahendra carefully

nursed him back to health unmindful of his own safety.

 

When Raghavaiyya got better Mahendra took round the town and showed

him the different temples. He also accompanied Raghavaiyya on his

return to the village.

 

On the way there was a Krishna temple. When they were in front of

the temple, Vasanthi's father said, " How can I repay your debt? I

promise that I will give my daughter in marriage to you "

 

Hearing this, Vasanthi was very happy.

 

But her happiness was short-lived. Shortly after Sukaveera sent a

messenger with costly jewels and asked for his daughter's hand.

 

Seeing all the wealth, Raghavaiyya got tempted. He decided that he

should marry Vasanthi to Sukaveera.

 

Mahendra was shocked to see Raghvaiyya go back on his word.

 

He decided to go to Panchayat.

 

In the Panchayat meeting, Mahendra recounted the entire story of

Raghavaiyya' s illness and his promise in front of the Krishna

temple.

 

Unfortunately he had no witnesses to prove his point.

 

The panchayat questioned him, " Do you have any witnesses to prove

that Vasanthi's father Raghavaiyya gave you that promise? "

 

Mahendra replied, " Lord Krishna alone is my witness. "

 

The Panchayat laughed and said, " If you can bring him to the

Panchayat we will accept the validity of your statement. "

 

Sad and disappointed, he walked back to the same temple. He wanted

to end his life. The sorrow and exhaustion forced him to fall asleep

at the doorstep of the temple.

 

While asleep he had a dream. Lord Krishna appeared to him and

said, " My child, I will definitely come with you as the witness to

the Panchayat. I will follow you to your village. But I have one

condition. You should not doubt my statement and turn back to verify

if I am coming. If you do so, I will stop at that spot. "

 

Mahendra agreed and started walking back. He could hear the sound of

the Lord's anklets. Presently, they entered soft sand on the banks

of a river. The anklets sound stopped. On an impulse Mahendra turned

and Lo! the Lord turned into a beautiful image.

 

Mahendra wept at his lack of faith in the Lord's words.

 

He went back to the Panchayat and invited them to that spot. The

people of the village were surprised to see the beautiful image of

Lord Krishna where there was none. They praised Mahendra for his

truthfulness. The Panchayat accepted this as witness and ruled in

his favour. Raghavaiyya too relented and agreed to give his daughter

in marriage to Mahendra.

 

The villagers built a temple for Lord Krishna at that spot. This

temple can be seen even today on the way to Puri from Bhuvaneswar