There was a sadhu with a religious horse. The sadhu trained this horse for quite some time about how to perform specific actions, based on the specific instructions. E.g. when the horse was instructed “Thank God”, the horse would start running. When the horse was instructed “Save Me” the horse would stop running. One fine day one guest came, deep inside the jungle. “Soon the sadhu said, “I have a good religious horse, who can take you out of this jungle. You will have to remember just these two mantras, “Thank God” for running and “Save Me God” for stopping the horse.” This guest got on the horse, bid goodbye to the sadhu and shouted “Thank God”. The horse started running. The guest in the ecstasy of getting out of the jungle and having a good horse forgot the other mantra. He was wondering what the second mantra was? He again shouted “Thank God” and the horse increased its speed. He again shouted “Thank God” and the horse kept increasing its speed. Then the guest shouted “Thank God”, the horse started jumping. Finally the horse came to the edge of the mountain and the guest thought that he was nearing death. They were just one foot away from the edge and suddenly he shouted, “Save Me God”. The horse was very obedient-It stopped. As soon as the horse stopped this fellow got so relieved, that he shouted, “Thank God”. It can be easily guessed what could have happened next!
Purushottam Kumar
Pune