Once there was a sage called Radheshyam and a snake called Kalia. The sage used to go for his evening prayer to the denser part of the forest where the snake lived. One day the snake heard someone chanting and went to see him. The snake was very delighted to see a sage because from childhood he wanted to learn *pranayam and he had a feeling that Radheshyam could teach him.
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He went and asked Radheshyam but came back empty handed. Radheshyam had spoken to him very rudely and to take revenge he thought he should bite him and kill him. While he was planning for revenge an old man heard him and thought he should help Radheshyam. So to help him he told the snake,”If you want to kill the sage you have a good chance tomorrow morning because he goes to the people tree over that hill every Wednesday to do his yoga. “The snake thanked him and started planning on his revenge for tomorrow morning. The next day the old man got up early and dressed up like Radheshyam and left for the hill. He started acting like he was doing yoga when Kalia came and waited to see what he does. Kalia slowly slithered towards him and bit him on the neck and ran away.
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Just then Radheshyam saw Kalia bite him and run away and he rushed towards the old man. He quickly put some *Ayurveda on his neck to stop it from bleeding. Once the man recovered Radheshyam asked him, “Why did the snake bite you.”And the old man told him the whole story… After hearing everything the Radheshyam felt so bad he thought,”All this happened because of me if I hadn’t spoken to Kalia so rudely all this wouldn’t have happened.”Then the old man said , “Go to Kalia tell him everything and also tell him sorry and as a gift teach him Pranayam.” Radheshyam did as told and he also made an oath that he will never be rude to someone and always will talk politely.
MORAL- Never talk rudely or something bad will happen to you or someone else will have to bear the pain.
Meanings-*
*Pranayam- Pranayam is from a Sanskrit word. “Prana” means fundamental life force, and “yama” meaning to control.
*Ayurveda-The traditional Hindu system of medicine.
By: Ayushi Bhat
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