23---Next day King Bhoj again went to
sit on the throne,but twenty third female statue stopped him and started
telling him a story about King Vikramaditya.
Dharmawati began a story—Once in King
Vikramaditya’s court there was being an argument “The circumstances of one’s
previous birth and its effect on his future.All the courtiers got divided into
to parts.One group was saying that if his own good deeds he takes birth in a
good family,the other group was saying,”A child who takes birth in a powerful
family often may not turns up good when he grow young.
King Vikramaditya said we have to decide
the matter practically.
One day a hunter gave the king a
lion’s cub as a gift,he said “Your majesty ! this cub lost her mother so I
brought here.
King Vikramaditya took the cub, he
thought this cub might solve the dispute
between the two groups of courtiers.He called a shepherd ,gave him the cub and
asked him never give him flesh to eat,look after him as if he is a sheep.
The shepherd took him and treated him
like a sheep ,he gave him milk to drink,After some days when King Vikramaditya
asked about the cub,the shepherd said ,”He is now a lion.I give him milk to
drink.It tries to eat grass but could not.
King Vikramaditya said,”Give him milk
only”
One day king Vikramaditya with his
courtiers went there,King Vikramaditya’s soldiers brought a ferocious lion in a
cage there ,there they all saw a shepherd with his grazing animals along with a
lion.King Vikramaditya asked the soldiers to free the lion from the cag.When
the lion came out and pounced on them they all began to run here and
there,including the milk drinking lion.Every one was amazed seeing a lion
afraid of another lion.
Inspite of being a lion he is afraid
of a lion because he was brought up like a sheep.Now King Vikramaditya asked
the shepherd to leave it in the jungle and asked his soldiers to keep watch on
him,within two days the lion killed a rabbit and ate,the soldiers gave milk but
he did not drink.Now King Vikramaditya asked the soldiers to free the lion from
the cage in front of the other lion.This time he did not get afraid but he
roared.It proves that man’s natural characteristics depend upon circumstances
and environment.If a person belongs to a good family will accept family’s good
qualities if the environment is favourable.
One was not satisfied,he said,”Your
Majesty ! You were born in a royal family so you are a king”King Vikramaditya
just smiled.
After some days a boatman came to him
and gifted him a dark red lotus,Every one was surprised to see it,they all
asked about it.The boatman told that he got it from a lake.King Vikramaditya
asked the un satisfied courtier to go with the boatman and bring some more
flowers.
The courtier reached the lake with
boatman,many flowers of same colour were floating,he followed them,he now
reached a huge mountain,he climbed,he saw a saint was hanging up side down on a
tree.His blood was dropping in the river and turns into lotus.He saw 20 saints
were doing same meditation.He was amazed,and listening this every one in the
court got amazed.
King Vikramaditya asked,”Do you know
who the first meditator was and who the other 20 ? He was me in my previous
birth and the other 20 are you all.Taking birth in a royal family does not make
one a king.The courtier apologised that his concept was wrong.
Dharmvati said,” Are you a big meditate
like King Vikramaditya ?
Raja Bhoj moved back.
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