Heard it wanted to tell you…

I love listening to stories for they give me pleasure and they in some form increase my knowledge; this is a beautiful story which I saw in tv a couple of days back and felt that ppl should read, and enjoy the truth in it…

Once upon a time, a king (who was almost 50 yrs) was feed up listening to sages and learned about how to live happily… so he ordered his ministers to find out the secret of happy living and that it should be only be four words (three words in tamil as the story is in tamil)… his ministers went high and low in search of something which is almost impossible to find… and returned empty handed, the king was on his rounds one day when he met an old man, he smiled at the old man and the old man asked the king why he looked worried? The king told about his search for happiness.

The old man told the king that when the king’s father ruled the land the old man was a 17 yr old boy and that time sages from far and near had come to perform pujas. The old man was ordered to take care of some great sages; he performed all his duties rightly, right from sweeping the floor, washing the saints’ clothes, cleaning the house, arranging the items for puja etc. The saints were pleased with his service and scribbled something in a palm leaf and gave it to him and said read it when your poor and you’re in need of something in life. Saying so, the old man handed over the palm leaf to the king. The king asked the old man if he ever did read what was written in the palm leaf, the old man replied smiling, when your father ruled the land he kept us all happy and prosperous after him your ruling and the land is still prosperous and happy so I never had a chance to read what was in the leaf.

The king thanked the old man and left. Days rolled by, the land was conquered by another king who killed the queen and took away the princess. The king along with knights fought to their might, during the war the king lost his way and went to a nearby mountain. He came to the edge of the mountain and saw there was no way he could return back to his kingdom. Thinking what to do… he realised that the old man had given him the palm leaf and told him to read… whenever he was sad or poor or whenever he wanted something…he went to his horse and took the leaf from the saddle and opened and read it and smiled… it was written in exactly the four words he had asked for…

“THIS WILL ALSO PASSBY (Edhuvum kadandhu pogum)”

The king sat in the edge of the mountain and started to meditate telling repeating the same words again and again…at last the king opened his eyes and saw he thought that a couple of hours would have passed but to his astonishment half a day had passed and he saw his horse chewing the grass nearby and the sun had set long back. The king took his house and went down the hill, there a group of tribes who received him with affection and told him that they thought that he was killed in the fight. The king stayed with the tribes and taught the men archery, sword fighting, horse riding etc. Time rolled by the king formed an army with the tribes and led his troop and fought and defeated the other king bravely and brought back his daughter safely back to his kingdom. The next morning he had arranged for an elaborate ceremony, for his victory. During the celebration the old man came running to the king and said “I forgot to tell you something” the king questioned him asking what it was… the old man smiled and replied and told the king “the sage told him that the palm leaf should be read when he was extremely happy also” the king thanked him and asked his minister to bring the palm leaf and he read it and smiled ;)… it read

“THIS WILL ALSO PASSBY (Edhuvum kadandhu pogum)”

This is a small story which made me smile from within bec it tells us the truth of life… life for the moment and don’t be attached to anything in life as nothing stays for long...