Raja

     Today, I am telling you the story of a little boy. Long before in our society, men can marry more than one woman. Rich persons, specially kings use to have more than one wife. One such king named Shanu, married with two women. His first wife Shuchi was a nice, beautiful, decent, well behaved and good heart woman. She had a son named Raja. She raised her son very carefully, taught him all the good manners required him to be a nice young man and a better future king. The story of his second wife is exciting; One day, king was passing to a jungle for hunting purpose, suddenly he encountered a young beautiful woman having bath under the lovely water fall. He immediate fell in love with the young girl and proposed her for marriage; the girl named Kuchi accepted his proposal and they got married right away. Shuchi welcomed her husband's new wife, as she was a gentle woman and there was a tradition of more than one marriage. Shuchi always tried to be nice with kuchi, but Kuchi was jealous with her and always tried to get closeness of king. Whenever, king tried to see Shuchi, she always used her beauty and attraction to stop king to not to see Shuchi. Slowly, King started less careful for shuchi and more in love for Kuchi. Time passed, Kuchi got pregnant and gave birth to a boy named Raman. Raman was a lovely boy. Raja and Raman love each other and played together. King was proud of both of his sons. Nice Shuchi, always loved both of the boys, but Kuchi, a jelous woman, always look Raja a hurdle in her son's path as she wanted her son to be the future king.
     One day, king was sitting with Kuchi in her palace, both boys came in, Raman jumped on his father's lap and so did Raja. King was very pleased to see his loving sons together, but Kuchi got irritate to see Raja in her husband's lap and said, "You have no right to sit on my husband's lap, because king doesn't love you mother anymore and her situation in this palace is like a maid." She scolded him again, "Go away from my palace right now." King couldn't utter a word as he was afraid of his queen become angry.
     Raja left the palace and went to his mother with tears in his eyes. Shuchi got stunned to know the rude behavior of Kuchi with his son. She tried to console him but Raja was very upset of his step mother's behavior. he was asking the same questions again and again, "Why my step mother told you a maid and why she didn't let me get love from my father." At last queen Shuchi took him to her temple, and told him, "Pray to God, because only he can get you love and justice  from your father." She assumed that the child will forget it all in a while, but Raja couldn't forget and started prying to God with tears in his eyes. Queen consoled him and asked him to go for a bed. She said, "For now go to sleep, you can pray to God in the morning." When Queen insisted, Raja went to bed. He laid down, couldn't sleep and quietly came to his mother's temple again. He started crying and praying. Days passed this way, queen got worried for him and tried to divert him in to different moods, but didn't succeed. She send a message to king, but once again Kuchi didn't let king to see his son Raja. Raja was praying consistently, he even stopped eating. One day he was praying, he fell in sleep. In his dream, he saw a light, which converted in to an angel. He said, "O little one! I am a guiding angel,  my name is Narad, and I help people specially little once in need. Tell me the reason of your sadness and I will solve your problem."
     Raja answered, "I am looking for God. Can you help me to see the God." Narad said, "If you truly want to see God, I can give you a secret mantra, which you have to chant without stop." Raja told, "I will do whatever you say." Narad said, "Listen! please don't stop eating." Raja told, "I do not want to eat until God will not appear in front of me." Narad told, "If you don't eat, your body will weak, and dehydrate. In the result, you will be unable to chant the secret mantra. I suggest you to eat some fruits to save you from dehydration."
     Raja woke up from his dream, and asked his mother some fruits to eat. After eating, he sat down in front of his mother's temple and started chanting the secret mantra without break. At last God appeared in front of him. God told him, " O son! tell me your wish and I will fulfill." Raja asked, "Why my mother didn't let me sit on my father's lap? Why my father let that happen? Why she spoke maid for my mother and kind didn't stop him? What is my and my mother's fault? What should I do?
     Lord smiled on his innocence and said, "So, this is you problem. come to me and sit down on my lap." Raja slowly stepped towards Lord and sat down on Lord's lap. Lord asked, "Now tell me your questions one by one." Raja was overwhelmed getting closeness of Lord, he said, "I have no complains any more. My all desires fulfilled, I don't need nothing after getting your love, and I am happy, contented and satisfied." 
     Lord smiled again and said, "Your father recognized his fault, and will give you love care and your rights. when you grow as a young man, you will be a great king on the earth. Take good care of your people; You will come to me in the heaven, after death and  there you will live happily for ever."
     In few minutes, Raja saw his father rushing to him. He now understood his mistake and remorseful for what he did to his son. He asked apology to Shuchi and Raja and assured them for there good future. Kuchi also understood her fault. When the time came, King gave Raja his kingdom and went to jungle with his both wives to do the prayers and mediation for the rest of his life. Raja became a great king and after his death, he had a right place in the heaven as Lord's promise.