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A person had
three friends. One friend was truly beloved, a second was also loved, but
the third was often taken for granted but not given much importance. One day
the man lost everything he owned. The king commanded him to appear before
him immediately. The poor man was very frightened, wondering why the king
would want to speak to him. In fear, he called upon each of his three
friends to go with him to the king.
First, he turned to his closest friend, and was extremely disappointed when
this friend said it would be impossible to go with him to visit the king.
He then turned to his second friend. “Will
you go with me to the king?” This friend said, “I can go with you only up to
the gates of the palace, but that is as far as I can go.”
Extremely sad, the man then turned to her third friend, the one to whom he
had taken for granted but not given much importance. This friend said with
assurance, “I will accompany you, but first I will go directly to the palace
myself and plead for you with the king.”
The first friend reflects a person’s
WEALTH, which cannot accompany you to the grave, as it is written, “Money is
not everything” The second friend represents a person’s NEAR ONES AND DEAR
ONES, who can only follow you to the grave site, as it is written, “No
person can redeem his beloved from death.” The third and last friend
represents the GOOD DEEDS called PUNYA of a person’s life. These never
desert you and even precede you to plead your cause before the King of all
Kings, as it is written, “And your righteousness shall go before you.”
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