Ketari said, "Who
is this singing? It must be Narada Muni coming!"
Hanuman asked, "Who
is this person?"
Ketari replied, "He
is a very great soul. He doesn't need any introduction. You just go
to him and you will find out the greatness of this man."
Immediately Hanuman
jumped up and Narada was just on his way past their place, going to
see some rishi, so Hanuman jumped in his way and paid pranams.
"Narada Muni, I heard that you are a very great person, so you
must bless me. Without blessing me, you are not allowed to go!"
Narada said, "What
blessing do you want?"
Hanuman said,
"Already the demigods have given me so many blessings. I cannot
think of anything else, so you think of a blessing, and you give it
to me."
Narada thought,
"What blessing does Hanuman not have?"
And so he said, "You
will become expert in music." That was the only benediction left
to give.
So Hanuman got that
benediction, and Narada Muni said, "So I have given you the
benediction, and now I am going."
Hanuman said, "One
minute, one minute." "What do you want?"
Narada asked. "How
will I know that I am the most expert in music?" Hanuman
inquired. "My father told me that you are the most expert in
music, so you must do me a favour today. Give me the benediction that
I will be more expert than you!"
So Narada said, "All
right, I will sit somewhere and listen to you."
"Shall I start
singing?" Hanuman asked.
"Yes."
Narada Muni put his vina on a rock, and he sat down on the ground.
So Hanuman selected
that tune which would melt the rock, and he began to sing it. The
rock melted, and the vina was in the liquid. He was singing and
singing, and the vina was floating in the liquid rock.
Narada was closing
his eyes and enjoying in exstasy, and he said, "All right
Hanuman, you are the best musician. You can stop singing now."
Hanuman said, "You
open your eyes and tell me if I should I stop singing."
Narada said, "How
do you mean?"
Hanuman replied,
"You open your eyes."
So Narada opened his
eyes and looked around. He didn't notice the vina floating in the
stone water. "Yes, you can stop singing."
So then Hanuman
stopped singing, and the liquid stone became rock, and the vina got
stuck.
Narada said, "I
am going," and he took his vina, but it wouldn't move. "What
did you do, Hanuman?"
Hanuman said, "I
only sung a song. You told me to sing a song, and you also gave me
the ability. Now you are complaining. I have been a good boy for a
whole week."
Narada said, "One
week of doing nothing means that before that week you did too much."
And then Hanuman told him all about what he had done, swallowing the
sun etc, and Narada became very pleased.
Then he said, "Now
whatever it was, you please sing the tune again, so I can get my
vina."
Hanuman said, "Well,
I don't know...."
Narada Muni said,
"Please do it!"
"No I won't,"
Hanuman said, and he jumped up and ran inside the palace. So Narada
Muni was running after Hanuman who was just running from one room to
another. And you know monkeys are fast it is very difficult to catch
them.
Finally Narada Muni
become very tired so he called out, "Hey Hanuman, please come
and give me my vina back ! I have to go! I have service to do!"
Just then Ketari
came out, and when she saw Narada Muni she touched his feet and spoke
- "What is my son doing, he is giving you some trouble?"
Narada said, "Oh
no, no trouble, just that he got my vina stuck in the rock."
Ketari said, "Oh no, he has started his mischief again!
Hanuman, get
Narada's vina out of the rock!" said Ketari.
And then Hanuman
said, "I wanted Narada Muni's feet to touch every room in this
palace, that is why I was doing this. Now he has touched all the
rooms and he has made our home holy place of pilgrimage. The dust
from his lotus feet is so rare that what is the use of just having it
in one part of our kingdom? We should have it all over. Now I can
give him back his vina. "
Narada said, "You
are already blessed, because you are Lord Rama's eternal servant."
So Hanuman went and sung for Narada, who quickly took his vina and
left.
Moral:
Holy
person is not envious. They are happy when other people are happy and
successful.They
easily give bllessings to people to even acomplish things bigger then
their. As Hanuman was blessed to be even better musician than
Narada.
This story show
value of visit of holy people at our home. One do not need to go to
holy places of pilgrimage. We should invite holy people at our house
and then our home will become holy place.
That is very
wonderful way to live always at holy place and remain at our home.
Story show also how
we should associate with each other. Throw singing. Singing for God
is place where our souls can meet God.
PS:
I humbly request all the devotees to please forward
moral / instructive stories they hear so that everyone can be benefitted.
moral / instructive stories they hear so that everyone can be benefitted.
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