King Rahugana, who was unable to sit or rest properly due to the erratic manner in which the palanquin was swinging up and down due to the way Jadabharata was carrying it. The other three could not control the palanquin. They were also chiding Jadabharata to maintain certain discipline in the walking as the king was being terribly disturbed. When King Rahugana shouted at the servants carrying the palanquin, the three servants said that the whole indiscipline was due to the rugged manner in which the fourth carrier Jadabharata was walking. Rahugana watched the whole scenario for a while and then chided Jadabharata: "Hey you, why are you swinging the palanquin in this manner. You have a giant body and you look to be very strong. Do you know who am I? Can you not understand from my royal robes that I am the king of this country. I can punish you immediately with lashes."
Jadabharata was undeterred. His mystic silence also shocked Rahugana. He sarcastically told Jadabharata: "It looks as though you have been carrying this palanquin for a very long time and hence you are exhausted." Jadabharata retorted:
"You are cajoling me by sarcastically that I have not been carrying this weight of palanquin and your body for too long to get exhausted. But, for your information, I am neither carrying this palanquin nor moving or walking with the palanquin. I am a parasite. I am not independent at all. You sarcastically said that I am physically very weak. You meant to say that I am very robust and strong. I am nobody to assume or presume the size of my body. You said that you are ordering me as the king of this country. You are not the king and you cannot order because the only king who can order things is the Lord.You are the king because of some good deeds in your previous life. Because of that slight knowledge, I had tried to obey your orders to the best of my capacity. But, there is no use punishing me in whatever manner you may decide to because I have shun the passion and respect for this body."
The king was surprised, shocked and horrified by the way Jadabharata replied. There was so much much truth, moral, philosophy, logic and sense in each and every word spelled by Jadabharata that it did not take too long for Rahugana to realise that Jadabharata was some great soul. Jadabharata was not the one inside as the one appearing to the outside the world. Rahugana jumps out of his palanquin, falls at the feet of Jadabharata, washes the feet of Jadabharata with his tears, apologises. (TO BE CONTD.....)
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