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God does everything for the best

 

There was once a Minister to a King who was in the habit of declaring whatever

happened was for ones good. One day the King cut his finger while slicing a

piece of sugar cane. Seeing the bleeding finger the Minister said as usual " God

does everything for the best " . The King flew into a rage and said " Here I am

suffering with the pain of a bleeding finger and you say God does everything for

the best. Enough of your philosophy! Is this the way of consoling me? How can

this be for the best when the pain is intense and real? The King immediately

committed the Minister to prison. Even then the Minister said calmly " Even this

sentence is for my best. "

 

A few days later, the King went alone for hunting in a forest. When the hunting

expedition was over the King was resting under a tree. Just then the servants of

a certain tribal chief of the forest seized the King, bound his hand and foot.

The King questioned them: " Why do you bind me? What are you going to do with

me? " The tribesmen replied: " We are going to sacrifice you at the altar of our

goddess Kali. It is the custom to offer her a human sacrifice once a year. The

time has arrived. We have been looking out for a human being. We are fortunate

in having found you. " The King remonstrated: " Let me go, I am the King of the

realm, you cannot kill me for the sacrifice.. " The tribesmen laughed and said:

" We are glad that this year's sacrifice would be unique and our goddess will be

highly pleased because we are going to offer as sacrifice a great personage. "

 

The King was carried and duly placed on a sacrificial altar. Things were ready

for the death blow; the priest noticed the bandage on his left hand forefinger.

They removed the bandage only to find that a portion of it was cut.. The priest

said: " This man is not acceptable as a sacrifice to our goddess. A man with a

defect in his body is not fit for sacrifice. Set him free. "

 

The King remembered the words of the Minister uttered when his finger was cut

" God does everything for the best. " He realised that the injury to his finger

alone had saved him from death. He at once hurried home and went straight to the

prison to set the Minister free. He said, " I seek your forgiveness for the rash

and cruel treatment accorded to you. " The Minister said: " You¢re Majesty; you

have done no harm. There is nothing to forgive. " The King once again questioned:

" Why did you say that my sending you to prison is for your good? " The Minister

replied: " If I had not been confined in prison, I would have accompanied you

when you went for hunting. I would have been in your Company. When the tribesmen

came to know that you were unfit for sacrifice, they would have chosen me and

offered me as a sacrifice. So, God does everything for the best. "