 Hi Shiva here Happy Monday Good to be back again with another Monday motivational story Are you writing? Let's go This time to the stories from Ramayana and that to from Aranya Vasa You know that was a time when Rama was living with Sita and Lakshmana in the forest One day they received the news That Rama's father King Desharatha had passed away So they had to perform a Shraddha ceremony And to perform that ceremony they required some Ingredients some materials So Rama sent Lakshmana to the nearby town to fetch those Materials and it's quite some time that Lakshmana went but did not return So Rama went looking for Lakshmana And also bring those materials because that ceremony should be performed by noon But even Rama was not returning soon And the noon was fast approaching So Sita decided to perform the ceremony by herself so she had her bath in the river Falgu lit that earthen lamp and cook food and Was ready for the offerings so she offered to the deceased and Suddenly to her surprise a voice came from the sky Saying that Sita we receive your offerings. Thank you. You are blessed Imagine the voice coming from the air Sita looked around And there was no one And she said who are you Then the voice responded saying that I'm your father-in-law King Desharatha Thank you for the offerings. God bless you Is that really true? If Rama and Lakshmana asked me is it really true whether you came and received the offerings How can I convince them? Then Desharatha said not to worry you had four witnesses one was the river Falgu which was flowing next to the hermitage where they were living and another is the cow which was standing there in front of the hermitage and the third witness was the fire which Sita they will eat and the fourth one is the Ketaki plant bush which was also there Near the hermitage. So these are the four witnesses You don't have to worry if they didn't believe you can ask these four things to give you the witness Right the meantime Rama and Lakshmana arrived in a hurry and Rama said Sita come on get the things ready So that we go ahead and perform the ceremony Sita responded saying that I Had already performed the Pooja. I offered and The offerings were received and there was blessed Rama couldn't believe it. What are you saying? Is that true? She said yes If you want I have the witnesses. So she called the four witnesses and asked them to give the witness and all of them said they didn't See anything like that happening. So Sita was disappointed See that could not prove that she had offered and Rama went ahead and made his offerings when Rama made the offerings a response came from the sky Rama, why are you doing this again? We have received it Sita had already offered and we received it. You don't have to give it again Rama said no that couldn't be true Yes, that is true. If you want a proof ask the Sun God Who was the real witness for this event when Rama asked Sun God confirmed And Ramana Lakshmana felt very bad that they doubted Sita and they didn't accept what she said and They appreciated of course her virtue her virtue of taking the responsibility and performing the ceremony in time The story goes that Sita became angry and then you know, she Curses those four witnesses for not Being the witness and giving the correct information that she called the river Falgu that From then onwards the river would flow only under the ground not above the ground and That she cursed the fire that it would consume indiscriminately. Whatever that goes into it. That's what happens, right? and again she cursed the the cow that Its mouth would always be impure and The Kedaki bush was cursed that its flower would never be accepted for worshipping Lord Shiva Right But what is that from this whole incident in the Ramayana that we could pick up Sita could have simply sat there waiting for Rama and Lakshmana to come into the Puriya Which she didn't do She didn't keep quiet. She took the responsibility. She jumped into the action Let us small action. It was an honest sincere with a good intent that the ceremony Should be performed by noon as per the custom And she did it So any action however small it is with a good intent And done That should be appreciated So during this corona times When everybody is locked down in their homes With kith and kin with elderly people and youngsters. What are the small actions? that you could do in your home So that people would be happier Can you give a patient here and listen to what they say? Can you say a pleasing word? Or can you give a gentle touch which makes them feel happy? What are the small little things that you think you can do At your home In these days, they would go a long way in building a happy family And what is the other thing that we could learn from this story? What happened to those four things? They were very much there But they didn't pay attention to what's going around So it's important to be observant and to pay attention to Things that are happening We don't have to look for the big things happening to make observations It is small observations and appreciating them And enjoying those experiences makes what life is beautiful Make your life beautiful Do the small things Think about what are the small things that you would like to do today in your home That will make your family members happier Think about it And be observant And feel the bliss of observing things Small things The wonders that God has gifted us with Thank you very much. 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