The Crow and Pigeon

The crow who become pigeon Once there was a crow that lived near a farm-house. The owner of the farm had kept some pigeons and he fed them with grains regularly.

The crow looked at the pigeons and envied them everyday. Deciding to share the feed, the crow painted his body like that of pigeons and joined the pigeons as one of them. Thus, he was able to enjoy the feed daily. The pigeons never suspected anything foul.

But one day, after the feed, the crow couldn't control himself and started crying. The pigeons came to know that he was not one of them. They pecked at his body so mercilessly that he started bleeding. The crow flew away to save his life and went straight to his own brethren- the crows. But because of his painted body, they refused to accept him.

So, he was forced to flee in order to save himself and became a homeless wanderer.

Moral of the story:

So it is important that we should just be satisfied with whatever the Lord has blessed us and should not pretend or pose to be what we are not. The five rupees in our pocket, is more satisfying than the crores of rupees in another's account.

So we should not burn our hut by thinking about others' palaces. Whether it is hut or palace, everyone in this world has some suffering or the other. The only panacea for all suffering souls is to chant Krishna's names.

So by sincerely doing the same, we will also be able to lead a satisified peaceful life.

In Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 verse 19, Lord Krishna says,

tulya nindaa stutir mauni /
santushto yena kenachit
aniketah sthira matir /
bhaktimaan me priyo narah

"One who is always silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and who is engaged in devotional service—such a person is very dear to Me."

In the above verse the phrase "santushto yena kenacit" means to be 'satisfied with anything'.

This is a very important quality which we need to imbibe in our lives. We must always be thankful and grateful to Supreme Lord for whatever He has given us and also for whatever He has not given us.

Because Lord knows what we deserve and more importantly as our dear Supreme Father, He very well knows what we need and He blesses us accordingly.

So we should always be satisfied in whatever condition He puts us in. Whatever He does is for our good. But unfortunately we forget these truths and always keep comparing our position with others, become envious and hanker for the same position and become morose in the end when our attempts are not successful.

For an unsatisfied person there is neither peace in this life, nor in the next.