Vedantic Tales : The Blue Pellet

Madhav, now fully able to speak, was speechless. How could he ever have imagined that his mother's life depended upon him, or that his was more important to her than her own?

Well, Mother, the sannyasin said, returning the pill to its box, even if Madhav had lived he would have renounced the world, so perhaps it is all one and the same.

The mother's eyes flashed. Do you think I had nothing to say about that? He would not have left me. Never! You monks know nothing of a son's love for his mother! She began to cry. I would never have let my boy leave me! Do you think you had more power over him than a mother's love? Never!

Perhaps God also has something to say about it, the sannyasin said mildly.

Madhav tried moving the muscles of his body and found that they were fully under his control. With one fluid movement he swung his legs to the floor and stood up.

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