Someone from Singareni Collieries enquired his friend--a man who rose to a very high position in society despite humble beginnings--on who his role model was. Instead of dropping the name of any celebrity, the person replied, “My father, who works in the same collieries as a miner.” He added, “my father is not educated, but took a vow to educate me, come what may.”
That is how he remembered his father’s sacrifice. There are many with similar sentiments. They want their wards to attain a far greater standard of living than their own.
According to the great poet, Srinath, nothing in life comes free except parent’s natural love.
There are innumerable stories in our epics to describe how children brought name and fame to their families through their actions.
Sagara, the king of Ayodhya, performed asvamedha yagna. The celestial king Indra, who is always wary of anyone doing this yagna it as it would give the doer power over him, stole the sacrificial horse. Sagara sent his sons to search for it. They searched all over the earth and, not finding it anywhere, went to Patala Lok and found the horse grazing near sage Kapila. Suspecting the sage to be the thief, they advanced on him. Kapila, disturbed from his penance, reduced them to ashes by his power. Not finding his sons or the horse and not being able to complete the sacrifice, Sagara sent his grandson, Amsuman, to find the whereabouts.
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