One day the wife
reminded the man of his promise. The devotee got contrite. But then he turned
up his nose at the offering of husk that he had initially made. Now the devotee
was a very big man.
He and his wife left
for the temple where the two offered I kilogram of gold instead of husk. The
priest started weighing the gold.
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To the horror of all
the balance tipped in the favor of the weight. In other words the balance went
lopsided.
Thinking that there
was some mistake the devotee began adding gold to the already offered pile.
Still the balance did not work. Everyone was puzzled till the priest asked
angrily ‘’What were you supposed to offer to god?’’
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The sheepish devotee
replied sheepishly ‘’ A kilo of husk…’’
The priest was beyond
himself with rage. This devotee had wrongly begun believing that god would be
happy to receive gold instead of husk. Gold is more valuable than husk only for
us mortals, not god.
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Immediately the
devotee went to the nearby village and purchased husk to be offered to god.
When this husk
replaced the gold, everyone was in tears to see that the balance went neutral.
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