Apology to Hornets
One day when Bhagavan was climbing the Hill he knockedagainst a hornets' nest and was attacked and very badly stung
on the leg and thigh. He felt remorse for having disturbed
them.
Questioned by Muruganar in the form of the following
verse:
Sighting an overgrown, green-leaved bush, and
When stepping on it and stung by hornets to have legs
swollen,
Venkata, in truth, why was an accidental intrusion
Treated without mercy, just as a wanton transgression?
Sri Bhagavan responded likewise in verse:
When I was stung by hornets in revenge
Upon the leg until it was inflamed,
Although it was by chance I stepped upon
Their nest, constructed in a leafy bush;
What kind of mind is his if he does not
At least repent for doing such a wrong?
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