Brahmaji created the donkey, and told him, “You will be donkey, working constantly from dusk to dawn, carrying heavy loads on your back. You will eat grass and lack intelligence. You will live for 50 years.”
The donkey answered, “To live like this for 50 years is too much. Please, give me no more than 20.”
And it was so.
Then Brahmaji created the dog, and told him, “You will hold vigilance over the dwellings of Man, to whom you will be his greatest companion. You will eat his table scraps and live for 25 years.”
And the dog responded, “Lord, to live 25 years as a dog like that is too much. Please, no more than 10 years.”
And it was so.
Brahmaji then created the monkey, and told him, “You are monkey. You shall swing from tree to tree, acting like an idiot. You will be funny, and you shall live for 20 years.”
And the monkey responded, “Lord, to live 20 years as the clown of the world is too much. Please, Lord, give me no more than 10 years.”
And it was so.
Finally, Brahmaji created Man and told him, “You are Man, the only rational being that walks the earth. You will use your intelligence to have mastery over the creatures of the world. You will dominate the earth and live for 20 years.”
And the man responded, “Lord, to be Man for only 20 years is too little. Please, Lord, give me the 30 years the donkey refused, the 15 years the dog refused, and the 10 years the monkey rejected.”
And it was so.
And so Brahmaji made Man to live 20 years as a man, then marry and live 30 years like a donkey working and carrying heavy loads on his back. Then, he is to have children and live 15 years as a dog, guarding his house and eating the leftovers after his kids empty the pantry; then, in his old age, to live 10 years as a monkey, acting like an idiot to amuse his grandchildren.
So………………the more quickly we become Krishna-devotee, the better it is for us. In fact, this is the most intelligent thing to do. Then we will spend all our time serving Sri Krishna, and not Maya, since we will realize that to slog for the family is ‘shrama eva kevalam’. In the old age, in stead of becoming an amusing toy in the hands of our children and grandchildren, we will settle in Dham and spend our time in blissful bhajan. Of course, for this, we will have to start preparing from now itself, and become serious meditationists.
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