It is a very old thing, in those days there were no schools like today. There was a Gurukul education system and the students studied in the Gurukul itself. It is about those days. There was a learned Pandit, his name was Radhe Gupta. His Gurukul was very famous, where children from far and wide used to come to get education.
Radhe Gupta’s wife had passed away, his age was also starting to decline, there was a marriageable girl in the house, whose worries haunted him all the time. Pandit Radhe Gupta wanted to marry her with such a worthy person, who may not have wealth but is intelligent.
One day a thought came to his mind, he thought that why should not he find a suitable groom among his disciples. Thinking so, he decided to test the wise disciple, he gathered all the disciples and said to them – “I want to conduct an examination, its purpose is to know who is the most intelligent.”
My daughter has become marriageable and I am worried about her marriage, but I do not have enough money. That’s why I want all the disciples to collect the material needed for marriage. Even if it does not have to choose the path of theft. But everyone has to follow one condition, the condition is that no one can see any disciple stealing.
From the next day all the disciples got busy in their work. Every day some or the other disciple was stealing different types of things and giving them to Guruji. Radhe Gupta was keeping those things at a safe place. Because after the examination they had to return all the things to their owner.
From the examination, he only wanted to know which disciple is eligible to marry his daughter. All the disciples were working with their own mind. But one of them, Ramaswamy, the most promising student of the Gurukul, was sitting quietly under a tree thinking about something.
Seeing him sitting in thought, Radhe Gupta asked the reason. Ramaswamy said, “You had said as a condition of the examination that no one can see while stealing. But when we steal, then our conscience sees everything, we cannot hide it from ourselves. It mean that stealing is pointless.
Hearing this, Radhe Gupta’s face lit up with happiness. He gathered all the disciples at the same time and asked them – “Aap sabne chari ki .. did anyone see? Everyone nodded their heads in denial. Then Radhe Gupta said, “Children! Could you hide this theft even from your conscience?”
Hearing this, all the children bowed their heads. In this way, Guruji found a suitable and intelligent groom for his daughter. He got his daughter married with Ramaswamy. At the same time, returning the stolen items by the disciples to their owners, they politely apologized.
*Education:-*
It is learned from this incident that no work remains hidden from the conscience and it is the inner self that shows the right path to the person. Therefore, while doing any work, a person must grope his mind, because the mind supports the truth.
*Be happy always.*
*What is received is sufficient.*