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By Kamlesh Tripathi
By Kamlesh Tripathi
Every night
before going to bed Parmeshwar used to tell interesting stories to his son
Krishna. One day he said—‘Son! Never forget, God is omnipresent and he can see
everything, and nothing is hidden from him.’
Krishna like an obedient son looked to and
fro and asked—‘Father! You say God is omnipresent but I’m not able to see him
anywhere.’
Parmeshwar replied—‘Well, we can’t see God;
but he is all over, and can see everyone and everything we do.’
Krishna thereafter remembered what his
father had said. After some months there was a severe famine in the village on
account of which Parmeshwar’s fields were rendered barren. One day in the night
with the intention of stealing someone’s crop he set out along with Krishna and
entered another farmer’s field to cut a heap of crop and instructed Krishna to
keep a watch by sitting on the branch of a tree. He said—‘keep looking on all
sides and if you find someone coming towards us just yell for me.’
And as soon as Parmeshwar sat on the ground
to cut the crop Krishna called out—‘hold on father.’
Parmeshwar asked—‘why, can you see
someone?’
Krishna said—‘yes, someone is watching us.’
Parmeshwar left the field and came out to
see who was watching. He looked around but found no one. He then asked—‘where,
and whose is watching?’
Gopal said—‘father you only had said, God
is present everywhere and watches everyone very closely, and his deeds. Then
why will he not watch you cutting someone else’s crop?’ Parmeshwar upon hearing
his son felt ashamed. He dropped the idea of stealing and returned home.
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