God would come to you

Raja Thatha told, “In the city of Patna there lived a Brahmin called Susharman, He was extremely good man who was a great devotee of God. Most of the time he thought of God and did all his duties properly.” Rohan asked ”What are those duties Thatha?”

Thatha replied, “When you grow up you marry and have a wife. You would have children and also you would have old parents. All these people are not capable of working. So it is the duty of people like Susharman to earn money and look after his old parents, wife and children.” Yamini who was hearing all this shouted, “Mummy is not like that . She goes to the office and earns money.”

Thatha replied, “Yes Yamini to take care of children and parents some time more money is needed and then Mummy also has to go to work. But let us continue with the story.”

Thatha continued, “Because of this Susharman rarely went to temple and rarely got time to do pooja. Susharman had a rich neighbour, Durapan. Durapan daily went to temple and always performed pooja at his house. Since he had lot of money, he made other people work for him. He always told Susharman. “You see , I am doing pooja and you are not and so God will come to me only.” Maithree interfered, “Is it true Thatha.”

Thatha raised his voice and told, “Little ones be patient and hear what I have to say. In Patna there was an earth quake. Lot of people suffered . Just before the earth quake was about to begin, some stranger came to Susharman’s house and called him to come outside the house. He told to call all his family outside the house quickly. Susharman did that. As soon as all his family members came out, the earth started trembling and all the houses in the street were destroyed. Durapan who was sitting in his house suffered a lot. Most of his family was injured. He himself lost his leg., after the quake the entire town assembled in a ground. All people found that Susharman has not suffered at all. He told them, “I believe God came to my house and called me.” People agreed with him. Maithree raised up her hand and told, “Thatha the moral of the story is “Doing your duty is the greatest worship.”