The other day Br John gave a nice goodnight.
There was a washerman and he had a donkey and a dog. Since the donkey was most useful for him to transport clothes he loved the donkey more than the dog. Sensing this the dog was waiting for an opportunity to give back to his master. One night thieves entered the house and the dog purposely decided not to bark. The donkey noticed this and was getting impatient: Why isn't the dog barking? The dog decided it was his time to get back at his master and stayed quiet. The donkey unable to bear this tragedy began to bray. The master at first was irritated. He shouted from inside for the donkey to be quiet. The donkey held its peace for some more time, thinking that the dog would take the cue and start barking. When nothing of that sort happened it started to bray again to alert the master. The master, shouted out from inside for the donkey to stay quiet. The third time this happened, the master came out and bashed up the donkey for disturbing his peaceful sleep.
Moral: Do your own duty. Don't try to do someone else duty leaving your work undone! What you are supposed to do, do.
Well, one can always argue from the donkey's perspective: commitment, loyalty, sacrifice (if need be), charity, crosses for those who do good... et al. So which one is correct then? Swadharma or service of others?
There was a washerman and he had a donkey and a dog. Since the donkey was most useful for him to transport clothes he loved the donkey more than the dog. Sensing this the dog was waiting for an opportunity to give back to his master. One night thieves entered the house and the dog purposely decided not to bark. The donkey noticed this and was getting impatient: Why isn't the dog barking? The dog decided it was his time to get back at his master and stayed quiet. The donkey unable to bear this tragedy began to bray. The master at first was irritated. He shouted from inside for the donkey to be quiet. The donkey held its peace for some more time, thinking that the dog would take the cue and start barking. When nothing of that sort happened it started to bray again to alert the master. The master, shouted out from inside for the donkey to stay quiet. The third time this happened, the master came out and bashed up the donkey for disturbing his peaceful sleep.
Moral: Do your own duty. Don't try to do someone else duty leaving your work undone! What you are supposed to do, do.
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