Holding fast to dharma, let us convert our present disgrace into a great joy. Let
us forget all about the coronation, and think worthily as becomes our race.
"Consider our father's condition. Our
hearts should go out to him in sympathy, for he is stricken with a great sorrow. Whatever
be the reason, he gave a promise and if he should break it, he would be committing a
shameful sin which would besmirch and blot out all his great and glorious deeds. He is
heart-broken at the wrong he feels he has done me; but I do not feel it a wrong at all,
for a king must keep his word and a son must obey his father. You should show that you too
are free from any sense of injury. Only so can we bring him mental relief.
"He gave us the life that we hold and
we should give him peace of mind. He is afraid about the other world. We should free him
from this fear. So far, we have never given him cause for sorrow or dissatisfaction. Now
we have become the cause of a great fear in his mind about what is to happen to him in the
other world. We can easily relieve him. |
