Let me cite an incident from the life of Babu Raajendra Prasaad, the first President of India.
Raajendra Prasaad had a very good servant by name Rathna who was exemptionally faithful and
served him for a long time to the satisfaction of his master. One day he was asked to clean his
room. Raajendra Prasaad had kept a pen given to him by Mahaathma Gaandhi, in one of his
books. When the servant was cleaning the table the book fell down and the nib broke. He became
nervous but told his master the truth begging his pardon for his mistake.
On hearing this,
Raajendra Prasaad shouted at him in rage and asked him to get out and not to show his face again
as the pen was a highly valuable gift from Mahaathma which he had broken.
Then the servant pleaded that he could not survive without him and sought his forgiveness. But
Raajendra Prasaad was in no mood to listen to him and went out bidding his servant to get out of
his sight.
During the night, Raajendra Prasaad could not sleep as the memory of his having driven away
his servant was haunting him. When he got up next morning he missed his usual morning coffee
which Rathna would usually serve him. He reflected over his behaviour and felt sorry for having
sent out such a faithful servant for no big fault. He realised that it was his own mistake to have
kept the pen carelessly in a book instead of keeping it in a safe place.
He sent word to Rathna
and took him back seeking his pardon saying: "Rathna you are a good boy. It was my mistake to
have kept the pen in the book. So you must excuse me for my rash action." He asked him to
continue to serve him till the end of his life.
Anger comes from temper inside and one who yields to this bout of temper is bound to suffer.
You should control anger and avoid talking or acting while in an angry mood.
(From the Divine Discourses of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba)
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