There was an old couple who lived a 35 years of happy married life and had fulfilled all their duties towards their children. In our Hindu culture four ashrams are expected to follow. This couple have completed their first two ashrams so wanted to continuetheir life with the third one that is Vanprasthashrama. The couple left their family, home and went to a forest and started staying in a hut. The couple really lives like Vanprasthi. The wife of the old man gave away all her jwellery to her daughter-in-law and daughter. The old man distributed his all bank balance and savings between his son and daughter. They came to the forest only with a pair of cloths and a few essential medicines with them. Their daily routine was set up. Daily they used to do prayers and read holy books like BhagvatGeeta and used to teach small children of Aadivasi families there. They used to discuss between them about what they have read in the holy books. Usually husband used to read and wife used to listen.( The husband might have tired of listening and the wife might have tired of talking for whole Grihasthashrama) It was her husband's impression that his wife doesn't know mush so doesn't understand much about the philosophy explained in the holy books. So he used to explain her with enthusiasm.
One fine day they decided to walk till the other end of the forest and return by evening. So they started walking towards the other direction. In between they had to cross a dense forest. The husband was walking ahead and his wife was following him. After certain distance, they entered in the dense part of the forest. The husband was trying to search the way ahead through the forest. Suddenly, he noticed something shining on the earth. So he picked it up and found that it was a Gold coin. He felt happy and reminded that for Vanprasthi people gold, money is just like soil. They should not keep it. He thought that he should immediately hide that coin from his wife's sight otherwise she would feel to keep the Gold coin with her. So he immediately hided it and threw it behind a tree nearby. His wife saw that her husband has thrown something so she asked him about it. He told her about the Gold Coin and immediately told the philosophy told in the holy books as well. After listening to him the wife smiled and said that she also had seen the Gold coin from long distance but she ignored it because Vanprasthi should not recognise the difference between the soil and the Gold.
The husband was knowing the philosophy but his wife had better understood it.
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