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Radha’s Prem -Swami Sivananda
Scene 3
Act 1
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Murkha Raj: (Excited) What do you mean? Do you want me to believe that you are so innocent and saintly that you don’t know the difference between a scrap of paper and a ten-rupee currency note? Don’t you see His Majesty’s head printed on it? If I had brought a couple of policemen with me, I would have had you arrested for undignified remarks against the king. (Looks at his friends and laughs contemptuously.) Jnana Dev: Don’t get offended, Maharaj. How could I insult your king. I only said that what you produced was a piece of paper which in fact it is! That made you lose your temper. You say, the figure printed on this particular piece of paper, is that of the king and so it is considered valuable. This is the worst form of idolatry, isn’t it? (There is loud laughter among those gathered.) Murkha Raj: (Aside to his friends—feeling insulted.) This is a cunning man. I will tackle him nicely (To Jnana Dev). The analogy is absurd. You certainly are not trying to compare a king, who is alive, in flesh and blood, and some imaginary form which you carve out of a piece of stone. Back to the Stone Age, ha, ha! Jnana Dev: True, what you say is correct. Pray! Tell me what God is and how you would like to worship Him. Murkha Raj: Don’t you know? It is a pity! God is Omnipresent, Omniscient, Omnipotent, Almighty, Parity and Wisdom, and I am sure He is not in need of any worship from you, poor man! Further where are you going to worship the Omnipresent? It is funny you are able to confine theOmnipresent, Omnipotent God to a small dungeon which you call your temple! Jnana Dev: Yes, it seems so. But was God present with you during the whole period of your wandering? |
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