Teaching Story - The devotee king

by Life Positive

Every day he would worship his deity till mid-day and never let anything come between him and the Lord, during that time. The neighbouring king in the meantime came to know of this practice. In order to capitalise on this apparent weakness, he attacked Jayamal’s kingdom in the early hours of day. Jayamal's soldiers were waiting for their master’s command. But Jayamal felt “This kingdom was given to me by my lord and if he has decided to take it away then I cannot do anything. And if he wants to protect me, then no harm can come my way.”

In the meantime Syamalasundra, the deity, took the king’s horse, and fighting from his side, while he sat worshipping, alone destroyed the enemy army.

After his worship was over, Jayamal came out to take on the enemy king. He saw that his horse was panting and covered with sweat. On going to the battlefield with his army in tow, he saw the entire army of the enemy lay destroyed. Only the enemy king remained. The enemy king told Jayamal about a blue warrior on a horse who destroyed his whole army singlehandedly.

	Be faithful to that which exists within yourself. - Andre Gide

“I am no longer interested in your wealth. But please tell me about that blue warrior. He has cast a spell on my heart and soul,” he pleaded to Jayamal. Jayamal enlightened the other king about his beloved Syamalsundara. The enemy king began to worship him too and through his devotion received Lord Krishna’s grace too.

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna