What is the right thing to do?

Thatha was deep asleep and dreaming and laughing in his sleep. His darling grand children were by his side. They wanted to hear a new s from Thatha. Maithree asked Rohan , “Hey brother, shall I wake up thatha?” Rohan replied, “I am not sure whether it is right thing to do because he is sleeping? He also seems to be happy.”

Rohan replied, “ He should tell the truth. Because Mummy has told me that one should always tell the truth. If he tells a lie, God will punish him.” Maithree shouted, “Rohan that is not fair. If he tells the truth, the poor king would be killed. God will then punish the sage for killing the king.” Goldy replied, “He should neither tell a lie nor the truth . Then the thief would go away.”

Maithree shouted, “ That is also a form of lie. By not telling anything, the sage is not telling the truth.”

Thatha replied, “ The Gita feels that , in this case , the sage should not tell the truth. Because by doing so he would be getting the king killed. Also the thief may not get food immediately but would get food later. This is similar to the problem of Arjuna. By not fighting in the war, Arjuna would help lots of bad people but he would be causing problem for the Pandavas. But by fighting , he would help lots and lots of people.” Maithree concluded, “Thatha the moral of the story is that by doing your duty, you should not harm the just people.”