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Continued........................ When the queen saw her husband merged in great lamentation and again viewed the dead child,she began to curse the Supreme Lord.This increased the pain in the hearts of all the residents of the palace.The Queen's flower garlands slipped from her body,and her smooth jet-black hair became entangled.Falling tears smeared the cosmetics beneath her eyes. "O providenence!During the lifetime of the father,you have caused the death of his son.you are certainly the enemy of the living beings and are not at all merciful".Turning to her beloved child,she said,"My dear son,I am helpless and aggrieved.You should not give up my company.How can you leave me?just look at your lamenting father!you have slept for a long time.Now Please wake up.Your playmates are calling you to play.you must be very hungry,so please get up immediately and take your lunch.My dear son,I most

unfortunate,for I can no longer see your sweet smiling . you have closed your eyes forever.You have been taken from this planet to another place,from which you will not return.My dear son,unable to hear your pleaing voice, I can no longer maintain my life." The King began crying loudly with an open mouth. As the Mother and Father lamented,all their followers joined them,bemoaning the untimely death of the child.Because of the sudden accident,all the citizens of the kingdom were nealy unconscious with grief. When the great sage Angira understood that the king was almost dead in teh ocean of sorrow,he went there with his friend,Saint Narada. The two sages found the King,overwhelmed by lamentation,Lying like a dead body beside the corpse. Angira addressed him sharply ,"O King,what relationship does this dead

body have with you,and what relationship do you have with him? you may say that you are now related as Father and Son,but do you think that this relationship existed before BIRTH?Does it truly exist now?Will it continue now that he is dead?O King,as small Particles of sand sometimes come together and are seperated due to the force of the ocean's waves,living entities who have accepted materilal bodies sometimes come together and are sometimes seperated by the force of time." Angira wanted the King to understand that all bodily relationships are temporary. "My dear King ," the sage continued,"When I first came to your palace,I could have given you the greates gift - transcedental Knowledge - but when I saw that your mind was aborbed in material things,I gave you only a son,who caused you jubiliation and lamentation.Now you are experienceing the misery of a person who has sons and daughters.These visible objects

like wife,chldren,and property are nothing more than dreams.Therefore,O King Chitrakethu,try to understand who YOU really are.Consider where you have come from,where you are going after giving up this body,and why you are under the control of material lamentation". Then Sage Narada did something very wonderful. By this mystic power,vision of everyone.Immediately the room became effulgent with a blinding brightness,and the dead child began to move.Narada said ," O living entity,all good fortune unto you.Just see yur father and mother.All your friends and relatives are over whelmed with grief because of your death.Because you died untimely,the balance of your life still remains. Therefore ,you may re-enter your body and enjoy the remainder of the years allotted to you in this body with your friends and relatives,and later you may

accept the royal throne and all the opulences given by your father. To be continued ...................... Jai Sairam!Ganesh <saibhandu wrote: The sage vanished,with out waiting for the King's respnose.Chitraketu was overjoyed to learn that he would finally get a son,but he wondered about the sage's last words."Angira must have meant that I will be greatly happy when my son is born.That is certainly true.But what did he mean by

the child being the cause of lamentation?Of course,being my only son,he will automatically become the heir to my throne and kingdom.therefore,he might become proud and disobedient.That might be a cause for lamentation.But a disobedient son is better than no son at all."In due course of time,Krutadyuti became pregnant,and a son was born.Hearing this news,all the inhabitants of the kingdom rejoiced.King chitraketu could not contain his joy.As the King carefully raised his infant son,his affection for queen Krutadyuti increased daily,and he gradually lost affection for his barren wives.The other queens continuously lamented their fate,for a wife who has no sons is neglected at home by her husband,and her co-wives treat her exactly like a maid-servant.The barren queens burned with anger and envy.As thier envy increased,they lost their intelligence,and thier hearts became

hard like stone.They met secretly and decided that there was only one solution to their dilemma,one way to regain the love of their husbad:Poison the child.One afternoon,as queen Krutadyuti walked in the courtyard of the palace,she thought of her son sleeping peacefully in his room.Because she loved the child dearly and could hardly bear to be without him for a moment,she ordered the nurse to awaken him from his nap and bring the boy to the garden.One afternoon,as queen Krutadyuti walked in the courtyard of the palace,she thought of her son sleeping peacefully in his room.Because she loved the child dearly and could hardly bear to be without him for a momnet,she ordered the nurse to awaken him from his nap and bring the boy to the garden.But When the maidservant approached the child,she saw that his eyes were turned upward,and there were no signs of life.Horrified,she held a swab of cotton beneath

the boy's nostrils,but the cotton did not move.Seeing this,she cried out ,"Now I am doomed!" and fell to the ground.In great agitation,She struck her breast with both hands and wept loudly.Some time passed,and the anxious Queen approached the child's bedroom.Hearing the nurse's wailing,she entered the room and saw that her son had passed from this world.In great lamentation,her hair and dress in disarray,the queen fell to the ground unconscious.When the King heard of his son's sudden death,he became nearly blind with grief.His lamentation grew like a conflagaration,and as he ran to see the child,he repeatedly stumbled and fell.Surrounded by his ministers and court officers,the King entered the boy's room and collapsed at the child's feet,his hair and dress scattered in all directions.When he regained consciousness,he was breathing heavily,his eyes were filled with tears,and he was unable to

speak.To be continued ...........................Jai sai Ram!