Anant Chaturdashi

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Today is Anant Chaturdashi. This day is very important for many sects and religions. For Jains (Digambers) this day is most auspicious because it marks the end of Das Lakshan Parva or Paryushan parva. Today is also the last day of Ganesh Mahotsav. Lord Ganesha's Idols are immersed in sea or rivers (Visarjan) after 10-11 days of puja. Thus today the puja festivals for Hindus would go for a short break before Navratri Festivals, Dussehra and Diwali till Makar Sakranti. In between we Hindus would have shraddh paksh.

Though I have written this story long back on Blog but would like to share again. There was a rich man in small town but due to some wrong business decisions he became bankrupt and all his assets were disposed off to clear the debts but still were left a lot. On a day when final auction was in progress he also came in the auction room. The bad phase of life had made him lonely because all his nears and dear ones had discarded him. He was sitting quietly in back seat without being noticed by any. After auctioning many of his belongings, the auctioneer took an old guitar in his hand and asked if any body interested in this. He made fun of that and offered for 100$. No one look interested. he reduced the price to 75, then 50 , then 25. Still the response was same. No one moved. Now the auctioneer offered for 5$ . He said at least you can sale for scrap and make good money out of that. When there was no response from the audience, the old man raised his hand and said he wants to come on stage for a minute. He came on stage, took the guitar in hand, turned his back towards audience and fixed the strings of guitar properly. He turned towards audience , played the guitar wonderfully , left it on table and came back to his seat. The guitar was played so awesome that the public was thrilled . Now the auctioneer took the guitar in his hand and asked the audience to offer the price. Now people jumped on their chairs to grab this wonderful instrument. Some one offered 100$, another 500$, and the race continued till it was finally auctioned at 5000$.
The morale of the story is a slight adjustment can add value beyond limits. This applies to we people also and we can enhance our value beyond imagination by making some adjustments in our strategy, attitude and approach.

CP