Strength of Tolerance
King Yashodhana of Anandnagar was a very popular King. Every day he used to go to one of
the village of his Kingdome & inquire about a common man. He actually used to see how the people live & what are their problems.
Once while moving around his kingdom
King Yashodhana stopped at a blacksmith’s shop. Blacksmith was busy in his work. Suddenly he got hint that somebody has
come. When
he saw that king Yashodhana himself is standing at the door of his shop, he felt
very happy. He
requested his lordship to come to his hut. King was also very
compassionate & care taker of the subject. He also used to administer justice evenly. On seeing blacksmith's
persistence, the king entered the veranda of his house. While looking
closely the jobs done by the blacksmith, he saw five to six hammers at the
corner. Because
of continuous hammering these hammers were broken into pieces. On seeing these broken
hammers King Yashodhana asked
blacksmith, "By continuous hammering these hammers are broken then how
many anvils you required?" On which the blacksmith said, "Sir, the anvil is one only. It
tolerates the strike of hundreds of hammers." Hammers do strike but the anvil has got strength of tolerating these
strikes. The striking hammer breaks but the anvil which tolerates these
strikes becomes more powerful because of its quality of tolerance.
Moral: One who tolerates the strike of calamities lasts long. But the calamities
become worthless like hammers.
सहनशक्तीची ताकद
आनंदनगरचा राजा यशोधन हा अत्यंत लोकप्रिय राजा होता. दररोज
तो आपल्या राज्यातील एका गावात जाऊन सामान्य माणसाची विचारपूस करीत असे. लोक राहतात
कसे, त्यांची सुख-दु:खे काय आहेत हे प्रत्यक्ष पाहत असे. एकदा यशोधन राजा
आपल्या राज्यात फिरत असताना एका लोहाराच्या दुकानापाशी थांबला. लोहार आपल्या कामात मग्न होता. तेव्हढ्यात कुणी
तरी आल्याची चाहूल त्याला लागली. राजा
याशोधनाला प्रत्यक्ष आपल्या दुकानासमोर उभा पाहून त्याला खूप आनंद झाला. त्याने राजाला आपल्या झोपडीत येण्याची विनंती केली. राजाही अत्यंत
कनवाळू व रयतेची काळजी घेणारा होता. सर्वांना समान न्याय देणारा होता. लोहाराचा आग्रह पाहून तो लोहाराच्या
पडवीत आला. लोहाराने केलेले काम न्याहाळत राजाला एका कोपऱ्यात पाच सहा
हातोडे दिसले. घाव घालून घालून ते झिजून फुटलेले दिसले. इतके फुटलेले हातोडे
पाहून यशोधन राजाने लोहाराला विचारले, “घाव घालून इतके हातोडे फुटले आहेत तर ऐरणी
किती लागल्या?” त्यावर लोहार म्हणाला, “महाराज ऐरण
एकच आहे . शेकडो हातोड्यांचे घाव ती सहन करते.” हातोडे घाव घालतात पण तो घाव सहन करण्याची शक्ती
ऐराणीत आहे . घाव घालणारी हातोडी फुटते पण तोच
घाव सहन करणारी ऐरण मात्र सहनशीलतेच्या गुणामुळे अधिकच ताकदवान होत जाते.
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