Tulasi Tulabara story answers the question "Why
Rukmini’s Tulsi weighed more than Satyabama’s wealth?"
Rukmini and Satyabama were wives of Krishna but the two were poles apart. Rukmini was humble and her love for Krishna was genuine. And Satyabama, who took pride in her wealth, gave more importance to external beauty and love that was just skin deep.
The
Tulabharam story will tell you why Rukmini’s Tulsi weighed more than
Satyabama’s wealth:
One
day, Narada Muni, tells Satyabama that Krishna loves Rukmini more than her.
This angers Satyabama, who takes pride in her beauty and believes she has
control over Krishna’s heart more than anyone else.
To
prove her wrong, Narada uses a trick to lure Satyabama by asking to accept a
challenge.
Narada
tells Satyabama to accept the Tulabharam challenge failing which she would have
to give Krishna as charity to him. This would make Krishna Narada’s slave.
He
tempts her by saying that if Satyamaba succeeds in completing the challenge,
then Krishna would love her the most.
Satyabama,
who gets instigated by Narada’s words, accepts the challenge. She believes her
wealth will outweigh Krishna and thus prove her love for him.
She
puts her wealth on one of the scales of balance (tula) and asks Krishna to
occupy the other one. After making several attempts and putting her entire
wealth on the Tula, she fails in outweighing Krishna.
On
seeing her husband on the Tula, Rukmini steps in. On learning about the
challenge, Rukmini plucks a leaf of Tulsi and places it on wealth piled on the
tula. And finally, Krishna gets outweighed by Tulsi.
Moral
of the story:
God
needs true devotion of his devotee and not wealth.
Devotion
is what one needs to attain enlightenment. Ego will destroy morality and peace
of mind.
Being humble nurtures love; taking pride and nursing ego leads to
destruction.
Source: from internet
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