Most of our epics and scriptures emphasize on the aspect of doing one's duty "Kartavyam" at all times during our life. Here is a story of two brothers, which brings out this aspect of Kartavyam through all its characters.
There were two brothers by name Shankha and Likitha who were sages and lived in their own Ashramam on the banks of river Bahudaa. One day, Likitha came to meet his elder brother Shankha and as he did not find Shankha on his Ashram, he sat on a nearby mango tree. He started eating a mango from the tree without getting permission from his brother who takes care of the tree.
Shankha returned to his Ashram and found his brother Likitha eating mango from the tree. He immediately told Likitha,
"Likitha, one should not take others property or things without their knowledge & permission. Even though I am your brother, you should have asked my permission before eating it. Go and see King Sudyumna and ask him to give punishment for this wrongdoing of yours according to Dhanda neethi sastram."
Likitha went immediately and saw King Sudyumna. The Kind welcomed him and offered him a seat. Likitha explained to King the reason for his visit and asked him to give punishment to him according to Dhanda neethi sastram.
King Sudyumna told him, "Oh muni kumara (young sage), you are undertaking penance for the welfare of others. How can I give you punishment for such a petty act?"
Likitha replied, "All the scriptures and my brother has emphasized on doing our duty and should not deviate from it on any case. So please give me the punishment for my act according to the sastram."
Hearing Likitha's words King ordered his men to cut-off his hands.
Likitha after getting his punishment visited his brother Shankha's ashram and Shankha was happy to see his brother and told, "What you did is really good. One has to adhere to elder's words. Go and take bath in river Bahudaa."
Likitha went and immersed in Bahudaa river and to his surprise he got his hands back. He met his brother Shankha and asked," Brother, if you are so powerful to get my hands back, you could have given me punishment for my act. But why did you send me to the Kind, instead?"
Shankha replied, "Sages duty is to observe penance for the welfare of the society and not to punish. King,being the protector of his people, has the right to punish wrong acts. So I asked you to go to the King."
This story was told by Vyasa Bhagawan to Dharmaraaja when he was worried about killing his relatives in the war. Bhagawan Vyasa quoted this story to tell King's duty is to protect his people by giving punishment to the wrong acts and hence Dharmaraaja need not worry.
This story shows how important it is to adhere to elder's words though it is harsh and also the importance of doing only our duties.
Source: www.moralstories.wordpress.com
There were two brothers by name Shankha and Likitha who were sages and lived in their own Ashramam on the banks of river Bahudaa. One day, Likitha came to meet his elder brother Shankha and as he did not find Shankha on his Ashram, he sat on a nearby mango tree. He started eating a mango from the tree without getting permission from his brother who takes care of the tree.
Shankha returned to his Ashram and found his brother Likitha eating mango from the tree. He immediately told Likitha,
"Likitha, one should not take others property or things without their knowledge & permission. Even though I am your brother, you should have asked my permission before eating it. Go and see King Sudyumna and ask him to give punishment for this wrongdoing of yours according to Dhanda neethi sastram."
Likitha went immediately and saw King Sudyumna. The Kind welcomed him and offered him a seat. Likitha explained to King the reason for his visit and asked him to give punishment to him according to Dhanda neethi sastram.
King Sudyumna told him, "Oh muni kumara (young sage), you are undertaking penance for the welfare of others. How can I give you punishment for such a petty act?"
Likitha replied, "All the scriptures and my brother has emphasized on doing our duty and should not deviate from it on any case. So please give me the punishment for my act according to the sastram."
Hearing Likitha's words King ordered his men to cut-off his hands.
Likitha after getting his punishment visited his brother Shankha's ashram and Shankha was happy to see his brother and told, "What you did is really good. One has to adhere to elder's words. Go and take bath in river Bahudaa."
Likitha went and immersed in Bahudaa river and to his surprise he got his hands back. He met his brother Shankha and asked," Brother, if you are so powerful to get my hands back, you could have given me punishment for my act. But why did you send me to the Kind, instead?"
Shankha replied, "Sages duty is to observe penance for the welfare of the society and not to punish. King,being the protector of his people, has the right to punish wrong acts. So I asked you to go to the King."
This story was told by Vyasa Bhagawan to Dharmaraaja when he was worried about killing his relatives in the war. Bhagawan Vyasa quoted this story to tell King's duty is to protect his people by giving punishment to the wrong acts and hence Dharmaraaja need not worry.
This story shows how important it is to adhere to elder's words though it is harsh and also the importance of doing only our duties.
Source: www.moralstories.wordpress.com
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