Health is Wealth
Once upon a time,
there lived a generous and kind-hearted king. But the people weren’t happy with
their king because the king was very lazy and would not do anything other than
eating and sleeping.
He spent days and
weeks and months in his bed either eating something or sleeping. The king
became a potato couch and the people started to worry about the king.
One day, the king
realized that he couldn’t even move his body, not even his foot. He became very
fat and his enemies made fun of him, calling him ‘fatty king’, ‘bulky king’
etc.
The king invited
expert doctors from various parts of his country and offered them generous
rewards to make him fit. Unfortunately, none could help the king gain his
health and fitness. The king spent enormous amounts of money but everything
went in vain.
One fine morning,
a holy man visited the country. He heard about the ill-health of the king, and
informed the minister at the palace that he could easily cure the king. Hearing
these promising words, the minister became very happy. He requested the king to
meet the holy man to get rid of his problem.
The holy man
resided at a distant place. Since the king could not move his body, he asked
the minister to bring the holy man to the palace, but the holy man refused. He
said that the king had to go to him, in order to get cured.
After strenuous
efforts, the king met the holy man at the latter’s residence. The holy man
complimented the king saying that he was a good ruler, and said that he would
soon regain his health. He asked the king to come for treatment the next day.
He told the king also that the king would be treated only if he came on foot to
the holy man’s residence.
The King was
unable to walk even a few steps on the road, but aided by his followers, he
reached the holy man’s place. Unfortunately, the holy man was not available
there and his devotee requested the king to come and meet him the next day for
treatment.
This was repeated
for two weeks and the king never met the holy man, and never had any treatment.
Gradually, the
king realized that he felt a lot lighter, lost a considerable amount of weight
and felt more active than before. He realized the reason why the holy man asked
him to reach his place by walking.
Very soon, the
king regained his health, and the people were very happy in his kingdom.
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