Thursday, 31 December 2020

T H E S C O R P I O N

Children, do not get scared at the title or the image of a Scorpion.

This is a story of two little children Ram and Shyam and a Scoprion that

helped in teaching them some life lessons.

In those days in the past, there were Gurukuls – schools, where children

would live with their teacher – the Guru who would teach them all

subjects from Maths to Science to Languages to Archery and many more.

One Guru and many skills to be learnt by a few students.

Ram and Shyam were two such students, best friends

and very good students learning all the lessons and

eager to apply the learnings in their daily life.

Guru would teach them moral values. One day he said

“ we should be helpful to all whether they are big or

small, human or animals, to all creatures in their time of

need. If you see a person in danger, you should see

how you can be of help and very importantly, it should

be done without expecting any reward or anything in

return.” The guru explained this with some short stories.

The next day, Guru was talking about safety and said

“what ever you do, you should first keep your safety in

mind and then only act. Don’t be foolish to get yourself

in trouble by throwing Safety to the Winds.”

Ram and Shyam listened attentively.

The next day Guru was telling the students about

“Revenge”. He said Revenge is bad sign of reaction

and is to be always avoided. A person acting in

revenge does not think but acts in haste. You may have

to regret later for acting without much thought.

A few days later Ram and Shyam went to the riverside

to gather flowers for Pooja for the Guru. After

gathering the flowers, they were sitting on the riverbank

recollecting the Guru’s teachings about how to lead a

good life. The river was full and flowing swiftly.

As they watched the water flow, they saw something

floating, it was a scorpion which had slipped and was

being carried away by the current.

Shyam noticed the scorpion is in distress and with an

intention to save it, he grabbed it by hand and got

stung hard. He yelled in pain and let go the insect into

the water.

At the same time Ram had looked around for a twig

and found one, to save the scorpion. He lowered the

twig in the river in the scorpion’s path, it managed to

cling to the branch and Ram gently laid it on the banks.

The scorpion thus saved, was moving towards a crack in

the ground for shelter. Here, Shyam who was still in

pain because of the sting, got angry at the insect and

picked up a stone to smash it saying that it was an

ungrateful creature. I tried saving its life and it stung

me!! Let me kill it in revenge.

Ram swiftly prevented Shyam from throwing the stone

and in that moment the scorpion crawled to safety

between the rocks. Ram attended to Shyam’s scorpion

bite and the pain subsided.

The two dear friends sat back to think about the events

that had happened swiftly.

Shyam said all this happened because I tried to follow

Guru’s teachings, I tried to help a creature in need.

Ram said, No Shyam, you did not understand Guru’s

teachings properly. You put your hand instantly into water

to save the insect and if had been any ordinary worm you

would have saved its life, but here, it was a scorpion which

stings by instinct when anyone touches it. Guruji had also

taught us that we should first think of our own safety

before any action. That was the mistake you did. You then

got angry because it bit you and wanted to take revenge

without even thinking for a moment. Had you killed the

scorpion, you would have committed another mistake.

Therefore children,

Think before you act.

Even a good advice could give a bad result if it not

properly understood and well thought of before acting.

GURU BRAMHA GURU VISHNU GURU DEVO

MAHESHWARA, GURU SAAKSHAAT PARABRAMHA TASMAI

SRI GURUVE NAMAHA 

HAPPYMANTATA

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