THERE WAS A king with a devoted queen. She was a devotee
of Sri
Rama and yearned that her husband should similarly be a
devotee. One night she found that the king mumbled something
in his sleep. She kept her ears close to his lips and heard the
word ‘
Rama’ repeated continually as in
japa. She was delighted
and the next day ordered the minister to hold a feast. The king
having partaken of the feast asked his wife for an explanation.
She related the whole occurrence and said that the feast was in
gratitude to God for the fulfilment of a long cherished wish.
The king was however annoyed that his devotion should have
been found out. Some say that having thus betrayed God he
considered himself unworthy of God and so committed suicide.
It means that one should not openly display one’s piety. We
may take it that the king told the queen not to make a fuss over
his piety and they then lived happily together.
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