Katha 22 – Man, Cherry and ... – E

One day a man showed a cherry to another man.

Another man said, “You have a cherry but I have an apple”.

After some days, the first man showed an apple.

Another man said, “But now, see, I have a watermelon”.

Then, after many years, the first one came and said to another man, “I went everywhere but I couldn’t get a watermelon. All are already in possession of somebody”.

Another man said, “Yes, of course! One has to get it by killing the other person. Every big person, trying to be bigger, knows it. You must be an idiot not to know this. You will die as a small man”.

The first one said, “No! Now you, my honorable teacher, have made me wise”.

Then he killed another man, snatched his watermelon and became a big man.

Then he lived as a big and wise man.  

Or, he lived as a big and wise man. But everybody knew, he was a murderer.

Or, he lived as a big and wise man. Everybody knew, he was a murderer but who can say it of a big man?

Or, everybody thought he was a big and wise man. But he knew, he was a murderer.

Or, he lived as a big and wise murderer.

Katha 02 – Man, bucket and water – D

One man used to get half bucketful of water every day. Every day he used to say, today I am happy with half bucketful of water.

But I am not satisfied. What if I get full bucket?

So he tried and did efforts and got more and more buckets of water. But he didn’t know what to do with excess water.

Other man also did more efforts and got more and more buckets of water. He used it properly to fulfill the needs. He was happy and everybody was happy.

But he was not satisfied. He had an ambition and he made progress.

And he started to believe in the link between efforts and fruit and between ambition and progress.

And there was another man who wished and got many buckets of water.

He believed in the power of wishing and Hope. He was convinced that efforts are not needed.  

But there was another man. In spite of need, strong wish and tremendous efforts he couldn’t get more water.

Unsatisfied he was. And he was also unhappy.

And there was another man who didn’t get any water. He didn’t even knew why he was dying.

Then there came Lord Krishna. He saw all these men and many others and thought.

Then he dissociated fruit from efforts. Because they were not associated in the first place and how could he possibly preserve faith in life?

But there is another point. We don’t know whether Lord Krishna needed water and how much he used to get daily.