THERE was a king who used daily to hear the
Bhagavata recited by a pandit. Every day, after
explaining the sacred book, the pandit would say to
the king, "O King, have you understood what I
have said?" And every day the king would reply,
"You had better understand it first yourself." The
pandit would return home and think; "Why does
the king talk to me that way day after day? I explain
the texts to him so clearly, and he says to me, “you
had better understand it first yourself”. What does
he mean?" The pandit used to practise spiritual
discipline. A few days later he came to realise that
God alone is real and everything else - house,
family, wealth, friends, name, and fame - illusory.
Convinced of the unreality of the world, he
renounced it. As he left home he asked a man to
take this message to the king: "O king, I now
understand." (
Bhagavata recited by a pandit. Every day, after
explaining the sacred book, the pandit would say to
the king, "O King, have you understood what I
have said?" And every day the king would reply,
"You had better understand it first yourself." The
pandit would return home and think; "Why does
the king talk to me that way day after day? I explain
the texts to him so clearly, and he says to me, “you
had better understand it first yourself”. What does
he mean?" The pandit used to practise spiritual
discipline. A few days later he came to realise that
God alone is real and everything else - house,
family, wealth, friends, name, and fame - illusory.
Convinced of the unreality of the world, he
renounced it. As he left home he asked a man to
take this message to the king: "O king, I now
understand." (
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