UNA-BOMBAY 403
of life, our approach to it becomes easy and rapid. The
aim of life should not be anything short of this highest
consummation of human life. Concentration of thought
and effort is the first desideratum. For concentration the
easiest method is the constant repetition of the divine Name.
He who possesses the Name is possessed of the Truth.
What has made Eamdas swim always in an ocean of bliss
and peace? It is the divine Name* He is present before
you, as a living example, showing the potency of the
Name/'
Friends invited him to Santa Cruz and Matunga where
also he had to deliver two discourses. God willed that His
servant and child should thus be drawn out from obscurity
into the limelight of Bombay to preach about His greatness
and the glory of His Name.
In the course of his discourse at Santa Cruz, when he
touched upon the golden priniciple "God does everything
for the best", he narrated a popular story in support of the
deep truth underlying the motto.
Once a king with his minister followed by his retinue
went into the depths of a jungle on a hunting expedition.
Now the minister was well-known for his wisdom. He
held the motto: ;God does everything for the best/ and
whenever anyone went to him for advice in his trouble,
woe or misfortune, the minister would console the dis-
tressed party by inducing him to acknowledge the truth of
the saying.
The king and the minister in their hunt for game sepa-
rated from the followers and roamed far into the interior
of the extensive forest and eventually lost their way.
The sun rose to the meridian. The king was oppressed
with fatigue and hunger. They rested in the shade of a
tree,
"Minister," said the exhausted king, "I am sorely
upset through pangs of hunger. Can you get me some-
thing to eat?"
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