Hare Krsna
Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Once a poor man approached king Yudhishtira, the eldest of the Pandavas. He was also called Dharmaraja
because he always followed the path of virtue. The poor man asked the king for some help. Yudhishtira
said: "Come tomorrow, I will give you what you want".
Bhima, Yudhishtira's brother, overheard this promise. He at once called all the royal retinue for a sudden
meeting. He announced that the next day would be celebrated as a day of victory. This sudden
announcement created a great commotion. Everyone wanted to know what the victory was about and who had won it. The news reached Dharmaraja. Bhima was asked to give an explanation.
Bhima said: "We have gained a victory over death for twenty four hours. Dharmaraja had asked a certain poor man to come tomorrow for receiving help. It means that Dharmaraja is quite certain that he will be alive for the next twenty four hours. Is this not a victory?"
Yudhishtira realised how inadvertently he was taught a lesson. He sent for the poor man and gave him what he wanted.
Reflection
We must act and live in the present and never postpone to tomorrow whatever good we can do today.
We must learn from the past and our mistakes committed, but not be worried by it. We must learn to
live now, in this moment. We must not let sadness nor past errors contaminate the present nor the future.
Forget the past. Remove the heavy load of past errors, the sadness and the guilt and live in present which
is Omnipresent. Also we must not worry so much about the future that it stops us from appreciating the
present .
Our emotions and actions must not be based on other people or on exterior facts. We must cleanse our mind of all unworthy thoughts of the past and unworthy anxiety of the future.
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