There was one young boy named Shravan Kumar. Seems to be he was born quite late to his parents as his parents were old and also blind. Even at that age they wanted to go on pilgrimage, hence, they told their son to take them for the pilgrimage. He took both of them and was killed by an hunter who mistook him to be an animal in the forest. This hunter fired the arrow on the listening sound coming from a water hole thinking that some wild animal is drinking water. This hunter was Raja Dashrath who is more famous for his Ram. When Raja Dashrath came to know that it is a human and not an animal, he went to the parents of Shravan Kumar to seek their forgiveness. But in place of foregiving Raja Dashrath, parents of Shravan Kumar immediately cursed him that he will also die longing for his son.
What I understood from this story:
1. Shravan Kumar was made to spend his time in taking his parents on his shoulders for their pleasure which was pilgrimage.
2. Sharvan Kumar wasted his youth in contributing something to the world.
3. Parents of Shravan Kumar were short tempered and beyond reasoning. In a forest one can only think of wild animals roaming around and not human beings. There was a mistake by Raja Dashrath which he accepted and asked for the forgiveness but was given a curse.
Similarly there is a story of an ancient king (I have forgotten his name) who wanted to enjoy the masti of youth, hence, he borrowed the youthfulness of his son and enjoyed the life for eternity and after many centuries he returned the youthfulness to his son.
What I understand is that a child should accept the dictates of his parents even at his own perils.
Parents are supposed to be at a better advantageous position irrespective of their intelligence just becuase they are biological parents.
Parents can anything to their children even abuse them in public but the children are supposed to be nice to them under all circustances.
Even when children are taking good care of their parents but the parents just to kill their time are suppposed to make fun of their children, say nasty things about their children in front of others and so on.
Good parents are those who under all circustances think good, say good about their children and teach good to their children. It is irrespective whether their children take good care of their parents or not. Basically, if children are not taking good care of their parents it the parents under whom the child has learnt such things. Then why to curse the child.
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