Vinay had been sitting on the banks of Ganges since
night .He was depressed .He had lost all that he had .He was bankrupt .He had
no one to look up to .He could count on none .He had come here to end his life
.His life which had become both miserable and senseless now .His death would
end all his woes. No one would miss him either .All through the night, he had
been going through his lives details and easily in the morning he had gone to
sleep on the steps.
Now, few voices woke him up .It was still dark .It
would be at least one hour later that sun would rise. He saw two people walking
towards Ganges .They passed him on the dark they didn’t notice him. They
climbed down the steps and were taking bath in the holy river. “But guruji, how
can we change our fate when we have nothing in our hands” asked one of the
voices. “By getting up and deciding to give life a tough fight” replied the
second voice. He recognized second voice. It was swami Gnanatheertha. He was
very famous guru with disciples over 1000 and above in his ashram.
He was considered the greatest of living gurus in
today’s age.
Vinay became
more attentive towards the conversation.
“But how can a person who lost everything get it back
guruji with nothing in hand, no one can build an empire “replied apparently the
student of swamiji.
Vinay could understand that their topic or arrangement
had something to do with fate vs hard work or purusharth .He listened half
expecting the answer.
“If the person decides, he can use the dead rat lying
there and build a huge empire” replied swamiji as he passed Vinay.
