Strength is the Test
There is an old story of an astrologer who came to a king and
said, '
You are going to die in six months.'
The king was frightened
out of his wits and was almost about to die then and there from fear.
But his minister was a clever man, and this man told the king that
these astrologers were fools. The king would not believe him. So the
minister saw no other way to make the king see that they were fools
but to invite the astrologer to the palace again.
There he asked him
if his calculations were correct. The astrologer said that there
could not be a mistake, but to satisfy him he went through the whole
of the calculations again and then said that they were perfectly
correct. The king's face became livid. The minister said to the
astrologer, 'And when do you think that you will die?' 'In twelve
years', was the reply. The minister quickly drew his sword and
separated the astrologer's head from the body and said to the
king, '
Do you see this liar? He is dead this moment.'
If you want your nation to live, keep away from all these things. The
only test of good things is that they make us strong.
FROM THE LEGEND
"SWAMIVIVEKANANDA"
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