Hari Gopinath Das

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura use to teach with the help of funny stories here we present few of his such famous stories !!

A Family for the Gita

Once a renounced spiritual master presented his disciple with the copy of the holy Gita, advising him to study the book all the time. The disciple started study of the Gita sitting inside a cave on the Vindhya Hills.A small mouse in the cave started eating the pages of the Gita everyday. Thus being extremely perturbed with the mischief caused by the mouse, the disciple brought a kitten from a nearby village. Then milk was required for the maintenance of the kitten.Considering all the related problems of acquiring milk everyday, the need for keeping a cow was very strongly felt by the disciple. By the grace of the Lord, a kind-hearted person gifted one cow. Now an anxiety for maintaining the cow loomed large in the heart of the disciple. So that the cow might stay safely and comfortably, the renounced disciple built a barn with much labour and effort. Thereafter came the anxiety for day-to-day care and maintenance of the cow, providing her with regular fodder and water. Over and above this, the renounced disciple was very much anxious about spoiling his devotional performances while caring for the cow, and as such he decided to appoint a cowherd.The cowherd took charge of maintaining the cow. But then, who was going to feed the cowherd, and look after his duties regularly? So, after much deliberation finally the anxious sannyası got married.Gradually, his family swelled up. He acquired vast property, manpower and a big place. The sannyası thus became an out-and-out family man, leaving aside his study of the Gita.

All Glories to Balam Rice and Cow Ghee!

“There was once a landlord in whose house no servant could ever continue to work for long the landlord used to appoint new servants frequently and they would leave the job only after a few days. The landlord was much perturbed at this. it was almost impossible for him to maintain the household work without any servants.One day he was lamenting to one of his friends, “How unfortunate I am! Not even a single servant could stay! What’s the solution?”Then the friend advised the landlord, “If you follow my advice, then your servant won’t leave you even if you want to get rid of him. You recruit any servant and feed him with a fine variety of Balam rice with cow ghee twice a day. After maintaining him in this manner for six months, then you can give him any kind of job you desire.”The landlord did as his friend advised. After relishing Balam rice with ghee for six months, no other variety of rice was palatable to his servant. Then the landlord. after the lapse of six long month, started pressuring the servant with all sorts of rigorous jobs. The servant thereafter started making complaints to the assistants of the landlord. “I’m going elsewhere if so much pressure is continued to be put on mc.In this way whenever there was a little more work to do, the servant used to say, “I won’t stay here any longer One day the landlord told him. “Go wherever you want! the servant looked for some alternative job elsewhere, but he could not have the satisfaction of fine variety Balam rice and cow ghee.At last he came back helplessly to the houses of the landlord and continued to stay for a long time. But whenever there was some additional workload. he used to go elsewhere for relief, but as soon as he remembered the satisfaction of Balam rice and cow ghee, he would immediately return to the landlords house and used to say that he had developed a sentiment for the landlord and that why he was unable to stay anywhere else in Peace after a few years, when the landlord happened to meet his friend, he shouted out in great jov All glories to Balam rice and cow ghee

Flying Popcorn – “Govindaya Namah”

Harakanta Cakravati happened to be a famous Vaisnava in some village. People would say, “Cakravati Thakura never enjoys anything without offering it to the Lord first. At the Pausa Sankranti festival, the Cakravatı bought some popcorn from the market for his wife’s lunch. By chance there was a strong gale and the popcorn started blowing out of his paper-bagAt that time some of his acquaintances came to see him and feeling somehow awkward in that situation, Cakravati let the rest of the popcorn fly from his bag as if offering it to the Lord while chanting, “Govindava Namah!” On the other hand, the wife of Cakravati became anxious because Cakravati was late and she asked her son to find his whereabouts.The innocent boy found his father on the way, among other persons and started telling him, “Father, mother has been waiting for a long time for the popcom. Where is the popcorn? Thus Cakravati was put to shame as the true fact was disclosed in front of several gentlemen.

Lively Hell

A pious God-conscious brahmana once advised a drunkard, “Look here – for your own sake, give up wine. In the holy scriptures it is given that one who takes wine will go to hell.”The drunkard replied, “But Suren Babu also takes wine!”The brahmana said, “He will also go too hell.”The drunkard said, “Barun Babu also takes wine!”The brahmana replied, “He will also go to hell.”The drunkard said, “Arun Babu also takes wine!”The brahmana replied. “He will also go to hell. Whoever takes wine must go to hell.”Then the brahmana asked, “What else must one do to go to hell?”The brahmana told him. “Telling lies, stealing, cheating others, practising illicit sex all take you to hell.”So then the drunkard asked him. “Then what will be the fate of Brahmini the prostitute?”The brahmana answered, “Hell.”The drunkard paused a while and asked. “Evervone who is a prostitute must go to hell?The brahmana replied. “Yes”The drunkard then questioned further. And those who visit a prostitute’s house. where will they go?”The brahmana said. Also to hell.The drunkard was then beside himself with jov and exclaimed. Oh, then there must be a hellish pandemonium in hell!, If some men flock to hell. then it must be great fun !!

Hope you liked these stories !!

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Hari Gopinath Das