The servant boy in the rich man’s house
While eating breakfast, the boy's
HEARTFELT FEELINGS
Remained thus..
“This entire house
The Master of the house too
HEARTFELT FEELINGS
Remained thus..
"This place of work for the boy
There was a Flash..
"These are the
IDEAL ATTITUDES OF REFERENCE
To
HUMAN BEING
Let the person be a
MASTER OR SERVANT
Those who constantly balance themselves thus alone are living
THE RIGHT LIFE
In this world!"
Concurring with those thoughts,
Sloka 38, Chapter II of Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Was heard on distant loud speakers being recited melodiously with the meaning explained in parallel..
'sukhaduhkhe same krtva labhalabhau jayajayau
tatoyuddhaya yujyasva naivam papam avapsyasi'
'Being equipoised in happiness and unhappiness, profit and loss, victory and defeat, prepare for battle (meet the challenges of life) and in this way you will not incur sin.'
- Reported for duty in the early morning hours at the appointed hr,
- Cleaned himself well and
- Immediately got into his routine..
- Folding the beds,
- Positioning the cots and
- Setting right the furniture in all rooms..
- Swept the entire house with a big and clean broom,
- Wiped the floors of all rooms with a wet mop and
- Brought the entire house to a spotlessly clean condition..
- Sat in a place in the living room,
- Took the plate of breakfast kept for him by his master's cook and
- Started eating that slowly
While eating breakfast, the boy's
HEARTFELT FEELINGS
Remained thus..
“This entire house
- Fully furnished with many gadgets and facilities
- Spread out on a huge piece of prime land
- Costing few crores of rupees
- Do my work here,
- Keep the house spotlessly clean and safe and
- Remain truly devoted..
The Master of the house too
- Readied himself for the day,
- Sat in his usual chair in the central place of the spacious living room and
- Started glancing thru' the day's Newspaper..
- Supervising the Boy's activities,
- Reminded him on the works he missed doing and
- Followed up closely the doing of the same..
- Served breakfast at his place by his cook,
- Finished the same in a short time and started
- Waiting for the boy to finish his breakfast and take up the other pending works for the day..
HEARTFELT FEELINGS
Remained thus..
"This place of work for the boy
- Existing in nature well before I became the master here
- selected by him as a place of his work
- Continue to provide his livelihood
- I am neither the owner nor the giver here just
- Doing my job of overall supervision and general take care and
- Remain humble..
There was a Flash..
"These are the
IDEAL ATTITUDES OF REFERENCE
To
HUMAN BEING
Let the person be a
MASTER OR SERVANT
Those who constantly balance themselves thus alone are living
THE RIGHT LIFE
In this world!"
Concurring with those thoughts,
Sloka 38, Chapter II of Srimad Bhagavad Gita
Was heard on distant loud speakers being recited melodiously with the meaning explained in parallel..
'sukhaduhkhe same krtva labhalabhau jayajayau
tatoyuddhaya yujyasva naivam papam avapsyasi'
'Being equipoised in happiness and unhappiness, profit and loss, victory and defeat, prepare for battle (meet the challenges of life) and in this way you will not incur sin.'
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"The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility." Vaclav Havel said. Your reflection? #BetterLife
The Post is suited for BlogChatter too to #CauseAChatter
Keywords: WORLD, SALVATION
Nice as always.
ReplyDeleteThankyou sir for lovely teachings.
Thanks Shraddha.. So nice of you for the appreciative comment!
DeleteGreat thoughts Sreedharji! It is a coincidence that I wrote a poem on 'ownership' around the same time..
ReplyDeleteI read it, Rajeev and very rightly said the importance of Employees in an Organization.. Thanks for the good comment!
DeleteGreat message! The meaning of the shloka now well understood.
ReplyDeleteThanks Indrani.. That way seen, every Sloka of Srimad Bhagavad Gita educates us on the discipline required in our life for our own betterment.. Truly a good comment!
DeleteWhat a lovely post. I just thought of the same thing the other day, how our maids clean the houses they can never stay in.
ReplyDeleteVery rightly said, Seena.. All works are noble and the contributors towards those works deserve a 100% respect in their life.. Thanks for such a nice observation!
DeleteWhat a beautiful message sir... :-) loved the use of the word equipoised... :-)
ReplyDeleteThat's truly great of you, Archana.. Work and Ownership forever go hand in hand and each cannot go on without the existence of the other by the side.. Mutual respect forever lies in seeing the importance of the other in the process.. Thanks for the appreciation!
DeleteThanks too for sharing on Google+!
DeleteVery beautifully juxtaposed. The message is indeed very clear but our ego couldn't make us to see it. Great write up, Sir :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Ravish.. Every comment of yours throws some more light on the Messages.. Truly a great Quality with you.. God Bless!
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ReplyDeleteThanks Krishna.. I'll refer to that!
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