prayaas a story
Prayaas..
A tale of two trees
Many many hundreds of years ago , when the world was not like it is today . There was no pollution , no deserts , no diseases and no homeworks ! Happiness was everywhere, there were no bad people and bad things , Bharatvarsha was filled with beautiful and magical gardens whose trees , birds , ponds , rivers , flowers were all able to speak ! At the foothills of the great Himalayan ranges of the Bharat there was the most beautiful garden !
The koyal , myena , peacock , sparrow , swan , eagle used to get up early in the morning when the sun starts to rise in the sky . Everyone used to go to the nearby lake called mansarovar to take bath ! The lake was a magical lake whose edges were lined with beautiful diamonds ,blue sapphires , red rubies , green emeralds and gold dust ! It's water was crystal clear and was magical ! All the animals and birds used to drink that water because it would make them live for many many years without getting old and without getting any diseases.
Mansarovar was very kind and gentle to everyone . It would allow everyone to drink it's water as it make him happy to see others happy .
There in the mansarovar lived a beautiful swan named hansi whose feathers were of gold and an ever blooming white lotus named brahmakamal.
The three of them were very happy being together helping each other and chanting god's name gracefully. Who knew that their happiness was going to end now as the evil demon Kali was about to arrive. Day by day the garden started to loose its charm and animals and birds started to get old due to dark effects of the demon Kali ! Soon the trees were all dry up and the mansarovar too was left with very little magical water ! The goodness was no more seen in the garden , the animals and birds quarreled among themselves , the tigers started eating all small animals , the birds begin to compete among themselves of who is is the most beautiful bird . All the happiness and we'll being of the garden was lost due to the evil Kali . Soon all the animals and birds left the garden and build their own homes and Nests . There only remained the poor mansarovar , the hansi and the brahmakamal . They were protected from the kalis dark effect due to the magical water left . The three promise to be together forever in this hard time but alas their trio made the jackal jealous and he came up with an idea to break their friendship . The jackal came to the pond in a very beautiful face mask and told hansi and brahmakamal that they have found another beautiful lake with magical water . The crooked jackal also told them that it is because of that beautiful water that he is young and beautiful again . The swan hansi immediately believed the jackal and failed to understand that he is wearing a false face mask ! Hansi without looking towards the lake and the lotus , flew away to the direction the jackal went . It was a trap for hansi ! The hungry jackal ate up hansi. The water of the lake shrinked and there was no more left for the lotus , the lake felt very great for having a friend like lotus , the lotus loved the lake and so do the lake . They were about to say their final goodbye to each other as they would die now . Just then the sky spoke out , "the evil demon has been killed by shree Hari , everyone is free now ". The dark clouds vanished and the beautiful bluish rainy clouds gathered and it rained pearls from the clouds denoting that the hard time is over now . Slowly the lake was filled back with the water and the lotus too revived and they embraced each other . Beautiful flow├йrs were sh├│wered onto them by the gods of heaven for their great friendship and a boon was given to the lake of having unending and limitless water and to the lotus to be the dearest of the GOD and to be the sign of peace and divinity forever . The garden was revived , the birds and animals returned back to the Himalayas and they lived happily forever. Thereafter stories were told of how friend lotus who stays with us till our last moment.
Truth , loyalty and goodness always wins over evil ! We should all have however single friend like lotus than to have many friends like the swan. We should be always as good , kind ,generous and humble as the lake to everyone. We should never believe on people like jackal who look good on outside but are evil minded. We should never leave our friend in difficult situation who helped us in our hard time.