DESTINY FAVOUR THOSE WHO PRESERVE

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Dear Avid Readers of Chinna Kathas in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone....

 

Here is a Chinna Katha taken from " Sivananda Bharati " Spiritual

Monthly for the month of March 2007, of Divine Life Society,

Padmarao Nagar, Secunderabad. Please enjoy.

 

Love and Love alone....

 

P. Gopi Krishna.

 

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DESTINY FAVOUR THOSE WHO PRESERVE

 

This incident has been culled from Indian History.

 

Preparations for a war between two states were going on. The kings

of both the states were disciples of a saint -- the same saint. Both

of them visited the saint to seek his blessings at different times.

 

When the king of one of those two states approached the saint to

seek his blessings, the saint closed his eyes to get an answer from

God. Thereafter he told him, " You will be victorious. "

 

The king of the other state also went to the saint. The saint closed

his eyes to speak to God and then told the king, " It is doubtful

that you would win. "

 

The king was not disheartened. He told the commander of his

armies, " We are not sure of our victory, but that does not matter.

We will fight until we die come what may. Make thorough

preparations. If the goddess of war wants us to sacrifice our lives

to her, we are ready for it. "

 

The king, who was assured that he would be victorious, was extremely

happy. His joy knew no bounds. He stopped thinking about war. He and

his soldiers got lost in fun and frolic. They simply forgot that

they had to fight a war.

 

One morning the war bugles were sounded. Soldiers from both the

sides stood on the battlefield facing each other. The war started.

 

The soldiers who were sure of their victory were not worried at all

as they had been blessed by the saint. They were elated by the

thought of their sure victory. They were not mentally prepared for

the fight. They had not even made necessary preparations for the

war. They were few in number and had only a few weapons with them.

All of a sudden they notice that a white bull appeared on the

battleground on the side of the enemy. That was a ferocious bull

with long horns, fiery eyes and a huge body. Shaking his horns

fiercely the bull ran towards those careless soldiers and caused

havoc among them. They began to fall.

 

The soldiers of the other side got encouraged. The morale of these

soldiers, who had come prepared to win or to die, was already high.

That bull boosted their morale. They too started fighting fiercely.

 

The king, who was blessed by the saint, was defeated. The other king

who knew very much about his probable defeat bravely won the battle.

 

The defeated king went to the saint and said, " What a blessing you

had given to me! "

 

The saint closed his eyes and spoke to God. After a little while he

opened his eyes and said, " Dear child, you were sure to win and your

opponent was sure to lose, but you reposed faith in your fate and

made no efforts to fight. You enemy had faith in his valour and in

perseverance. In spite of being fully aware of their impending

defeat, his soldiers prepared themselves for the war. That is why

God came in the guise of a bull to help them. Who had forbidden you

to make efforts? "

 

The king had nothing to say. He stood dejected before the saint.

 

Dear children, the one who perseveres can change even his destiny.

Destiny favours those who persevere. Good luck of an idle man -- who

does not persevere -- may turn into bad luck.