గురు బ్రహ్మ గురుర్ విష్ణుః గురుర్ దేవో మహేశ్వరః
గురు స్సాక్షాత్ పరబ్రహ్మ తస్మై శ్రీ గురవే నమః
శుక్లాం బరధరం విష్ణుం శశివర్ణం చతుర్భుజం
ప్రసన్న వదనం ధ్యాయేత్ సర్వ విఘ్నోప శాంతయే
శ్రుతి స్మృతి పురాణానాం ఆలయం కరుణాలయం
నమామి భగవత్ పాదం శంకరం లోక శంకరం
ఓం నమః శివాయ
After the darshan of Lord
Shiva at Amarnath, by Gods grace I felt like having the darshan of Maata
Vaishno Devi as well. So from Baltal (One of the base camps for Amarnath
Yatra), one has to go to Katra (foothill of Vaishno devi mountain). In one van
like a Tata Sumo or a Chevy Tavera 8 people plus driver travel. So, we were
talking to one guy whose van already had 5 people. We (Two of us) were pushing
him not to look for another person so that we can go relatively comfortably.
From the place where the discussions happen to the actual location of the van,
the distance would be around 200-300 meters.
Finally the driver agreed
to go with 7 passengers and asked a person beside him to take us to the van. My
co-traveler asked me to hand over one of the pieces of my luggage to him so
that I can walk easily. With great hesitation I handed over the luggage to this
person who looked like the assistant of the driver. He took us to the van and
we got into the van. After the driver arrived the man who helped me with my
luggage also got into the van beside me.
A shock went through my
spine and I wanted to confirm it. I asked him, “Are you also a passenger
traveling in this to Katra?”
He answered, “Ya, I am
also a passenger but I will not be traveling till Katra. I will get down half
way to Katra.
Hearing that I felt very
guilty and felt ashamed of myself.
I said, “My sincere
apologies to you. I did not that you were a passenger. The driver took a
luggage piece from my colleague and asked you to show the van to us and so we
mistook you.”
He responded, “Apologies
for what?” He had a sincere question in his tone.
I said, “Without knowing
that you are passenger and thinking that you are with the driver I handed over
one of my bags to you. I am very sorry about that.”
I was feeling extremely
bad for offending him like that.
He said, “What is the big
deal about that. Anyway, I was not carrying anything and so what is wrong with
helping you out by carrying one of your luggage pieces?”
For a moment I put myself
in his shoes. If at all some idiot like me asked me to carry a luggage, my best
possible response would have been, “I am also a passenger like you. In case you
need help, you ask me for help and I will probably help you. I am not related
to the driver in any way.”
I honestly did not intend
to offend him, but if I were him I would have certainly conveyed to him the
reality at the least.
From this incident I
learnt two things
1.
Its not that someone
humiliates/insults/offends you. People can only attempt at
humiliating/insulting/offending you. Whether you actually get humiliated or not
is within you. Its your perspective. Its your mindset.
2.
It is not important for
you to ensure that people know you. If they have to know you, they will come to
know about you without you telling them. If they do not know about you, then
either you do not deserve to known to them or they do not deserve to know about
you.
Lord shiva definitely
ensured that I learn a proper lesson for my life and I really hope that I
implement it and reach the stage of this friend of mine from Kashmir.
I did not ask him his name
intentionally as I wanted to remember him as Ramban (place where he lives)
friend.
This guy is a professional
Palanquin bearer (called doli there – to carry people to the amaranth cave from the base
camps). He comes to Baltal every year to do that job and make some money. Makes
2-3 trips every day, when he is on job.
He said, “Whats the big
deal in 4 people carrying one person?”
Apparently, his legs never
cause any pain inspite of carrying that load to the mountain so many times in a
day, every day.
సర్వే జనాః సుఖినో భవంతు
PS: There could be typos and other mistakes in telugu and
english, kindly pardon me with big hearts.
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