04 July 2009

There are many priceless jewels in the world, of which the ‘Kohinoor' diamond is considered to be the costliest. The British stole it from India . They split it in two parts and put it in the crowns of their queen and king. But that diamond is not edible. It is a stone which glows at night. Neither hunger and thirst is satiated by it nor disease or sickness is cured by it, but still a lot of people are deployed to guard it. Even so, many kings and queens who thought they owned it left this world ultimately leaving it behind. Lord Krishna also possessed a very costly jewel but he too left this world leaving it behind. Many kings and emperors, from Satyuga onwards, who had unmeasurable wealth, jewels and the like in their treasuries left this mortal world empty-handed. Now, the question arises that, if we have to leave everything behind and depart from this world empty-handed, why should we be tempted by these things? In fact, the only priceless jewel is this human body itself; this is the touchstone and you can accumulate as much gold, diamonds and jewels as you like only while you are in this body.