Sage advises bird way to cross ocean
By
P.R.Ramachander
One pretty bird approached a sage,
And said that it wanted to cross the ocean,
Which is thousand miles wide ,
And visit a pretty island on the other sde
The sage said that it would be difficult ,
For the bird to fly that far off and advised,
Try to fly but once you feel tired ,
Return back to here itself
He told his disciple who was near by
When you feel you are tired ,
You must have lost half your strength
And so to save yourself, you should return
After a week the bird returned back and said,
After flying on hundred miles in to the ocean,
I felt very tired and returned back ,
Had I not , I would have fallen in the sea and died
Again the bird came and the sage told him,
This time take along with you ,
Your companion who is your wife ,
But return once both of you are tired
After two weeks the birds came back ,
And told him, we flew together four hundred miles,
Felt tired and we decided to come back,
But we both want to go once more
The sage gave them a stick to carry,
Told them , whenever you feel tired,
Put it in the water, take rest on that floating stick,
And again fly till you reach the pretty island
After two months the birds came back,
Full of joy and told him , we went to that island,
And we came back thanks to you and the sage asked,
Was the stick very heavy for you to carry
They said, most of the time one of us carried it,
And in some places, we carried it together,
Some times we fought , put the stick in water,
And took rest and we realized that the stick was carrying us
Vaishnava Thatha chari told:-
The disciple asked the sage why, and he told,
Going alone we get tired soon, together we could travel more
The stick made them fight and also gave them rest,
Though many times they felt it was a burden ,
One person will not be able to cross ocean of life easily,
Even two of them who are companions cannot
But once they have the stick of family life they can,
Though the family life was heavy and made them fight.
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