A businessman got off the bus, he had some luggage with him. Looking around, he saw a laborer.
The businessman called out to him and asked, "How much will you charge to carry this luggage to such and such a place?"
It's your wish, give whatever you want, but my condition is that when I leave with the goods, you either listen to me or you tell me.
The merchant scolded him and drove him away and looked for another laborer. But today, just like when Rama went to the forest, only Kewat's boat was on the banks of the Ganges.
Out of compulsion, the merchant called the same laborer. The laborer came running and said, "Do you accept my condition?"
The merchant, out of selfishness, agreed.
The merchant's house was about 500 meters away. The laborer picked up the goods and walked with the merchant and asked, "Sethji, will you tell me something or should I tell you?" The merchant said, "You listen."
The laborer happily replied, "Listen carefully to whatever I say." He continued speaking the entire way. They both reached the house.
The laborer placed the goods in the veranda, took the money the merchant gave him, and said to the merchant, "I am going to tell you something!" Sethji, did you listen to me carefully?
The Seth said, "I didn't listen to you, I just had to get my work done."
The laborer said, "Sethji! You've made a big mistake in life. You're going to die tomorrow at exactly seven o'clock."
The Seth got angry and said, "I've heard enough of your nonsense. Are you leaving or should I beat you up?"
The laborer said, "Beat me or leave me. You're going to die tomorrow evening. Listen to me carefully."
The Seth became a little serious and said, "Everyone has to die. If I have to die tomorrow evening, I will. What can I do about it?" The laborer said, "That's why I'm saying, listen to me carefully." The Seth said, "I heard you, I will listen carefully."
When you die, you'll be asked, "O man! "Will you first suffer the consequences of your sins or your virtues?" Because humans commit both sins and virtues in their lives,
So tell them that I'm ready to bear the consequences of my sins, but I want to see the fruits of my virtues with my own eyes.
With this, the laborer departed. The next day, at exactly seven o'clock, the merchant died. When the merchant arrived, Yamaraj asked the laborer's question, "Do you want to first suffer the consequences of your sins or your virtues?" The merchant replied, "I'm ready to bear the consequences of my sins, but I want to see the fruits of every good deed I've ever done."
Yamaraj replied, "We don't have such a system here; here we make you suffer the consequences of both."
The merchant replied, "Then why did you ask me? If you've asked, then fulfill your wish. You've seen injustice on Earth, but injustice exists here too."
Yamaraj thought, "He's right. I'm in deep trouble for asking him. I don't have any power to fulfill this creature's wishes." Yamaraj took the businessman to Brahma and explained the entire matter.
Brahma took out his book and flipped through all the pages, but he couldn't find a single clause or sub-clauses of the law that could fulfill the soul's wish.
Brahma, compelled, took Yamaraj and the businessman with him to God and explained the problem. God said to Yamaraj and Brahma, "Go, mind your own business." Both departed.
God said to the businessman, "Now tell me, what do you want to say?"
The businessman said, "Sir, I've been saying the same thing all along: I'm ready to bear the consequences of my sins, but I want to see the fruits of my virtues with my own eyes."
God said, "Blessed is that Sadguru (laborer) who, even in your final moments, has done you good. You fool! Because of his advice, you stand before me. What greater reward of virtue do you want to see with your own eyes?" All your sins were destroyed by my sight.
That is why, from childhood, we are taught to listen carefully to our teachers; you never know what advice might prove useful in life.
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