The Vedic injunction, given through the sages, is "Satyam vada; Dharmam chara" - Speak the truth; walk in the path of virtue. Harischandra knew the authority behind that injunction. He respected that authority and followed that injunction whatever the consequences. He lost his kingdom, his honour, his everything. He sold his wife and son as slaves; he had to sell himself for cash! He was reduced from being the occupant of the imperial throne to watching over the cremation of corpses and collecting fees thereof. He had to refuse the right to burn his own dead son and insist on the fees being paid by his own helpless queen! But, he stuck to truth and won. Truth will win, whatever the obstacle; otherwise, the Vedas would not have commanded man to stick to it!
Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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