Yesterday night my grandson unwittingly managed to offend his Dadi by brushing aside a vegetable dish that she had prepared thinking that he will relish it. So at bedtime I recited to him the story of Shabari who spent a lifetime awaiting arrival of Lord Rama. And when he did arrive, she had an offering of fruits for him.
As the story goes, Shabari would take the first bite from each fruit and then offer only the good tasting ones to the Lord, rejecting the rest. And though the fruits offered to the Lord got defiled, He nonetheless ate them with great pleasure because of the love with which the offering was made.
As I was about to explicitly make the point that what is offered with love must be accepted with love, my grandson preempted me by saying, "Okay, okay, I got the point and I won't do it again. But tell me why didn't Shabari use a knife to slice off a small piece for tasting?"
Any answers?
NO LOGIC .UNDRSTAND DEPTH OF LESSON.
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