Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Story of Uddhalaka

                                                Story of Uddhalaka

It is the ashram of saint Dhoumya. Students were learning near him. He had a student by the name Aruni. He was very dull at studies.
One day , when Dhoumya was passing through his field, he observed that water was leaking from the nearby lake into his field. He was worried that his garden may get washed away by this. He asked Aruni to fix it since it is useless to give him any other intellectual work to do.
Aruni agreed. Dhoumya returned to his home with other students. Aruni tried to stop the leakage by applying the mud to the hole. But , the mud could not stand long. He applied thick paste of mud. But also , it is all in vain. The inflow of water is incresed by now. The hole has also become bigger .
Aruni didnt know what to do beyond this. As a last try, he thought that he will lie down , blocking the hole. Inflow of water had also become lesser by this. But what he had made the paste of mud, is fallen all over him. He didnt worry about that. His aim was to keep the word he has given to his master.
It is a long time since Aruni went for that work. Dhoumya worried of this, came in search of him. He could not find him anywhere. He called Aruni's name. Then Aruni replied amongst the mud. Dhoumya was horrified by seeing the sight.
He called others to fix the problem. By this time, Aruni came outside amongst the mud.  Then, Dhoumya blessed him with the name Uddhalaka since he tore open the mud covering and also blessed him with wisdom. Dedication towards a work is always important.

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