Vedantic Tales : The Blue Pellet

His mother let out a cry of joy. Eluding her embrace, he touched her feet. Then he motioned to the sannyasin. Let us go, he said.

For a moment his mother stood in stunned silence. Then, her hand over her heart, she fell backward onto the couch. Where are you going.? Madhav! Don't go! My heart ...

The doctor will soon be here, Mother, Madhav said. You will be all right.

And to be sure, as they turned into the lane they saw Javni and the doctor hurrying toward the house.

But what if she had taken it! Madhav later exclaimed, as the awful thought struck him.

The sannyasin took the blue pellet from its box, threw it into the air, and caught it in his mouth. A truth pill, he said and smiled broadly. And the truth is, he added, there is only one whom you may call your own, and that is God.

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