One day, a king summoned his royal scholar and sternly ordered him, "King Parikshit attained salvation by listening to the Bhagavad Gita from Shukdev. It took him only seven days. I am giving you one month to free me from all bondages and participate in my attainment of salvation. If you fail to do so, I will confiscate all your wealth, and if you fail, you will be punished with death."
This order from the king deeply worried the royal scholar. He knew that while he was a scholar himself, he lacked the erudition to bring salvation to the king. This worry now left him neither hungry nor sleepy. His stress was increasing day by day. One day, coincidentally, while he was having dinner with his family, his son, who usually ate separately and rarely met his father, sat down to eat with him. He noticed that his father looked very sad. He asked his father why he was so sad. The royal priest was reluctant to answer, as he had no expectations from his son.
Seeing his father's silence, his mother explained the full reason for his distress. The son, unperturbed, calmly said to his father, "Father, don't worry. Tell the king to accept me as his guru and promise to follow my instructions to the letter."
The father thought the son might be devising a way to save him, so he took him to the king and told him about his son's proposal. The king agreed, and the next day the royal priest appeared in court with his son. Following the Raj Pandit's instructions, the king, hoping to be freed from all his bondage, accepted the Raj Pandit's son as his guru and sat at his feet, awaiting instructions.
The court was crowded, and all eyes were fixed on the king and his guru. Everyone was astonished when the Raj Pandit's son asked the king to bring a very strong rope. The Raj Pandit was deeply troubled, wondering what foolishness his son was committing. He was frightened, wondering if his son would tie someone with the rope, or if he would tie the king himself?
When the strong rope arrived, the son commanded, "Tie the king to that pillar." The king, bound by his word, agreed to be tied to the pillar. The son then ordered his father to be tied to another pillar. So the Raj Pandit was also tied. The Raj Pandit became very agitated. He was mentally cursing his son and was thinking of punishing him. Then his son instructed him, "Father, now you must free the king."
The royal scholar became enraged and shouted in anger, "You fool! Can't you see that I myself am bound? Can a man who is bound himself untie another man? Don't you understand that this is an impossible task?"
But the king, addressing his young guru in a calm and respectful tone, said, "I understand, my guru. How can someone who is bound by worldly affairs possibly free another from Maya? Only those who have renounced the world and transcended the world of Maya, who have attained freedom, can free another human being. Only they can break the bonds of others."
Fully understanding the meaning of his guru's words, the king not only freed his royal priest from the rope but also from the order he had given him with a month's time. This is the law of the world. Only by being free from any kind of bondage can one show someone the path to liberation. One who is bound by bondage himself cannot open the path to liberation for anyone. Therefore, the king loaded his new guru and royal priest with a lot of gold coins.
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