In the previous episode, we had witnessed the continuation of an important conversation between a king and Sage Thanu with regards to “belief” and how fragile it can be in our daily lives. While Sage Thanu substantiates his point through several instances and examples, the king slowly restarts the talk that he wants his dead son to come back alive, and he has immense belief that this would happen. Looking at the king for a moment, Sage Thanu with all his immense power of penance, brings the king’s son back to life! He walks towards his father and with this, the king is extremely happy! Now, upon seeing his son back, the king asks an important question to Sage Thanu that till now he was telling that belief is fragile, but now, only because of his strong belief, he has got his son back! How can one say that belief is fragile in nature? Without belief, could this have happened? If a dead son can come alive with a strong belief, anything else can be possible in this world with proper belief, isn’t it?
As the king asks thus, it might seem to us that Sage Thanu’s words can be a little misleading with regards to belief being fragile. As Sage Thanu listens to this narrative of the king, he immediately resorts to clarifying his point. He says thus, “Oh King! I think you’ve misunderstood what I’ve said till now – The examples and instances that I’ve narrated till now involve people who have denied help at a time of need, people who is mentally unstable, etc. from whom one can be very sure that no kind of help is going to come. But when you asked me for help, I’ve never said a “No” to you! Thus, in order to keep up the confidence and also to prove that there can be a belief which can be fatter / stronger than my physical appearance, I decided to bring your son back to life! Till now I’ve told you about beliefs which can be more fragile than me, but there are a few items with regards to belief, which can be stronger than me as well. One such kind of belief is the one which you had on me, which enabled your son to come alive again! Now let me narrate to you which are the types of beliefs which are stronger than my physical appearance. Thus, you should understand that whoever talks the “Satya-Vaakyam” (Truth) can be the ones whom you can believe in! For instance, I’m a sage, and because of my power of penance, I’m someone who only talks the truth. You had an immense belief that if you come to me, your son can come alive. Once you believe in a person who talks the “Satya-Vaakyam”, your belief should not get futile. That is the reason behind your son being alive. Hence, belief can always be on people who talk the truth! Belief can always be towards Bhagawan! Belief can always be towards great sages who have immense power of penance in them!”
Now this is a very important lesson for all of us as well. It is not that belief is fragile everytime. If we believe in the wrong person, of course, it can be very fragile. Bhishmachaarya says this to Yudishtra by saying that his belief about Duryodhana mending his ways was extremely fragile in nature, because Duryodhana was a man of “Adharma”. Similarly, Karna trusted Duryodhana to such an extent that he would mend his ways. But till the last moment he did not. However, Karna did not let his belief go down, and because of it, he did not want to desert Duryodhana and switch to Yudishtra’s side, even though he knew his past from Bhagawan Krishna. Such belief can always be futile. So for today, let us understand this point very clearly and we shall move on from here in the next episode! Stay tuned! 🙂
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