From the Parables of my Father HH Shri Bhola Nathji
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A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE
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LIFE - A GAME OF CHESS
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A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE
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LIFE - A GAME OF CHESS
There was a great, undefeated champion of chess, a king, who had won
many a game of chess and taken many a kingdom as the stake and prize of
the game.
He had hung a metal gong at his gates which was meant for any challenger who wished to contest the king in a game of chess.
Since many a king had lost his kingdom in the chess game, there were no challengers left.
Then suddenly the gong rang one day -- a challenger!
It was a Fakir, a Holy Man, come to challenge the King!
The king said to the Fakir: "IF you lose, you lose your head!"
And the Fakir smiled and said to the King:
"And if you lose, you will have to give me one of your four queens!"
The king was aghast for a while, but then thinking of the Fakir as a madman, he agreed to the condition.
The four queens of the king were renowned all over the land for their beauty.
Their names were: Jahaano, (the World), Hayaato (Life) Fanaah, (Death) and Dilaram (Peace of Mind).
The king began the game with great gusto but very soon found himself pushed into a corner by the Fakir, who was rapidly winning the game.
It was the King's move but he gave up and left the chessboard to go and get one of his wives for the Fakir, as was the condition fixed for the game.
He went to the first queen, Jahaano, (the world) and said he was giving her away and explained what had happened. The first queen said:
"O King of the world, give away not thy world,
For if thou hast not thy world, of what willst thou be king?"
The king understood and went to Hayaato, (life). And Hayaato replied:
"O King of the world, give away not thy life,
For if thou hast not thy life of what use thy world!"
The king went to the third queen Fanaah, (death) determined to give her away. But Fanaah said to him:
"Thy World, and Thy Life, must both come to me!
"Keep Death with thee, O King, for in the end it must be me."
The king went to the last queen, Dilaram (Peace of Mind), and said he had no alternative now but to give her away. He took her to the Fakir at the chess board and was about to hand her over to the Fakir, when Dilaram said to the king:
"Stay! O King! Give up the two castles, but give up not thy Dilaram!
Move the bishop and the pawn and check and mate!"
The King did as Dilaram had instructed and won the game of chess!!
The Fakir said:"O King! It was not you who won, but Dilaram.
You get to keep your queen, while I get to keep my head!"
"I had come to teach you a lesson that more important than thy world, thy life and death, was thy Peace of Mind. If thou has it with thee all the time, thou hast won the game of life!"
He had hung a metal gong at his gates which was meant for any challenger who wished to contest the king in a game of chess.
Since many a king had lost his kingdom in the chess game, there were no challengers left.
Then suddenly the gong rang one day -- a challenger!
It was a Fakir, a Holy Man, come to challenge the King!
The king said to the Fakir: "IF you lose, you lose your head!"
And the Fakir smiled and said to the King:
"And if you lose, you will have to give me one of your four queens!"
The king was aghast for a while, but then thinking of the Fakir as a madman, he agreed to the condition.
The four queens of the king were renowned all over the land for their beauty.
Their names were: Jahaano, (the World), Hayaato (Life) Fanaah, (Death) and Dilaram (Peace of Mind).
The king began the game with great gusto but very soon found himself pushed into a corner by the Fakir, who was rapidly winning the game.
It was the King's move but he gave up and left the chessboard to go and get one of his wives for the Fakir, as was the condition fixed for the game.
He went to the first queen, Jahaano, (the world) and said he was giving her away and explained what had happened. The first queen said:
"O King of the world, give away not thy world,
For if thou hast not thy world, of what willst thou be king?"
The king understood and went to Hayaato, (life). And Hayaato replied:
"O King of the world, give away not thy life,
For if thou hast not thy life of what use thy world!"
The king went to the third queen Fanaah, (death) determined to give her away. But Fanaah said to him:
"Thy World, and Thy Life, must both come to me!
"Keep Death with thee, O King, for in the end it must be me."
The king went to the last queen, Dilaram (Peace of Mind), and said he had no alternative now but to give her away. He took her to the Fakir at the chess board and was about to hand her over to the Fakir, when Dilaram said to the king:
"Stay! O King! Give up the two castles, but give up not thy Dilaram!
Move the bishop and the pawn and check and mate!"
The King did as Dilaram had instructed and won the game of chess!!
The Fakir said:"O King! It was not you who won, but Dilaram.
You get to keep your queen, while I get to keep my head!"
"I had come to teach you a lesson that more important than thy world, thy life and death, was thy Peace of Mind. If thou has it with thee all the time, thou hast won the game of life!"
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