Suddenly he tried to divert my mind by showing the sea, which was boisterous in front of us.
‘Hey! Did you see those waves? What did you learn by them? Can you tell me, Hari?’
I just blankly looked at his face. The doubt is rising in my mind. ‘Shall I say? Even if the nature pulls them back those waves show the warmth of coming ahead! Can’t you rise that ambition within yourself?’, Question was straight to my face.
‘Oh my God!” I was in a state of either perplexity. Those words.Oh my!! How he can say those lines?
But without giving much attention to my reaction he continued pointing the rock .Did you see that rock? In spite being a target for all those waves’ powerful strokes, downpour and the sunrays the rock is still persisting, so strong! Unmovable, in fact being weather beater! Then why you should move by the difficulties of your life? Can’t you stand rock solid?’
The second blow for me, I was wonder-struck. It’s highly impossible. How? How he can utter those lines?
But he continued again. “Have you seen this beautiful and boisterous sea? It never gets dry. Same way don’t ever let your dreams to get dry. If you start to weep due to the sun set can you get the chance to view the stars?’
‘Oh my God!’. I was awestruck. ‘How he knows those lines?’
Then he caught hold of my hand and said, ‘You have to change! Be calm like the river that flows between the banks of victory and defeat without being affected take a determination not a decision. Decision gets change but not determination!’
Oh, No... I tried to stop his words as my doubt was getting stronger but he pointed out a spider in that moonlight which fell down just seconds before. My attention moved towards that. Few seconds later he uttered those lines very convincingly.
‘Hey! Did you see that? Even if the spider reaches the downfall due to the draught it doesn’t bite anyone doesn’t hurt anyone doesn’t show anger on anyone. Doesn’t ask for help with anyone but still silently, patiencefully, lonely it builds its dream web on the base of belief through emitting the thread of patience. If we have the heart to learn even a spider teaches a big lesson for us!”
I was absolutely awestruck could not digest the biggest shock of my life.
Those lines by him how. How? How does he know?.
He wanted to say something but I had to stop him as I was not in a position to digest the shock.
‘Hey, wait how do you know these lines? It’s highly impossible; No one else can say those expect one person.
Then how do you know those lines exactly?’
‘Which lines?’, He asked innocently.
‘The lines, right from the waves to the spider how do you know those exact lines? Those were the lines, which I used in my poetry long back for which I’ve got prize at district level. Those were the lines which I used in my poem ‘Tamosoma Jyothirgamaya”. How do you know those lines? Only one person can know those lines and it's Priyatam. Because he shows that attitude in his life, all those qualities’.
‘How he looks like?’, He is asking like a kid.
‘I don’t think I should tell all those to you but reminding there cannot be any Priyatam in real life. He is one among crores! He is just in my imagination not in real life. His entire character itself like an illusion.’
‘As I said reality is merely an illusion!’
‘Tell me hope do you know those lines. How do you know?’
‘Mmmm. I think your Priyatam is my neighbour and has a big hole in his mouth.’
‘Stop it. Don’t talk anything ill about him. He is the perfect person.’
‘No, Hari, There cannot be a perfect person in this word as many people have many opinions about everything.’
‘That means you are also not perfect. I thought you were perfect in all your deeds I think you are!’
‘I’m still thinking what I’ve to do to reach to the level of perfection.’
Oh my god. I was about to faint then. How he could say so?
‘Hey! How do you know or can say so? That was the reply, which my Priyatam gives when Shanti says him as the perfect person she ever met.’
‘Now who is this Shanti?’, His question.
‘That’s not your business. I was just clarifying with you. But how do you know his words?’
‘I told, nah, he is my neighbour.’ He started to laugh now.
‘Don’t laugh and wait for a while I’ve a test for you so that I can decide something.’
I just locked at the time. It’s
I found a small butterfly over there. I slowly caught the butterfly within my palm and came back to him. He was curiously looking at what I was doing. I just showed my folded palms to him.
‘Any gift for me?’, He asked curiously.
‘No. It’s a test for you! You have to answer my question so that I can decide something.’
‘What’s that?’
‘Will tell you, I know you must be very good at reading my mind. But this time you cannot because no one can answer my question. I want to prove you as an illusion. Now tell me whether the butterfly that is within my palm is alive or dead. I want the answer.”
I had decided something in my mind. If he answers that it’s alive then I was about to kill it and if he says it is dead I wanted to show it alive. He would not be able to give the answer at all. He would not be able my mind this time.
I was just looking at his face. I knew I was going to be the winner.
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