traduza o texto completamente e perfeitamente para o portugues Every tiller of the soil sows seeds in the land. In that process some
seeds fall on the corners of his holding that are consumed by the birds.
Some seeds fall on stones and wither over a few days. Some of the seeds
fall on thorny bushes that don’t allow them to grow and flourish. The
284seeds that fall on properly prepared and maintained soil, grow and yield
a plentiful crop. O Prince! Excepting the seeds that drop on the properly
prepared soil, the rest are just a waste for the farmer. Similarly words of
virtue can only prosper and come from one who has a pure heart!
The Prince said, “O wise person! The contentment that my heart is getting from your words of wisdom cannot be expressed! Relate to me some
tale that reflects on the futility of the world!”
Balohar said: It is said that once an elephant chased a man. The man
ran scared and the elephant chased him the more! On the way there was
a well. Near the parapet of the well grew a tree. The man, in desperation,
hung to a branch of the tree. He saw that at the base of the tree there
were four snakes and under these snakes a python was lying with its
mouth wide open! When he looked up, he found white and black mice
cutting away the branch on which he was precariously hanging. He noticed that there was honey on a branch within his reach. He started licking the honey oblivious of the hazards around him. O prince! Life in the
world is full of hazards and hardship. The four snakes are the strong
passion, bile, phlegm and blood. Any excess or shortage of these in the
body of a person can be the cause of his death. The two mice, white and
black, are the day and night in the life of a person that are busy cutting
short his life. The python with mouth wide open is the death. But the
man thinks that the world for him is sweet like the honey! The sweetness
of the honey makes him oblivious of the hazards around him!
Yuzasaf said, “O wise man! Tell me some more fables like this.”
Balohar continued: It is said that a person had three friends. He used
to love one of them very much. Whatever the person asked him to do, he
would do with alacrity. The second friend too he loved dearly, but not as
much as he liked the first. The third friend received little attention from
the person.
One day the person was summoned to the king’s court on account of a
complaint made by someone against him. He was much scared. He went
to the first friend and told him of his worry. He asked him for help. The
friend said, “I have got a special raiment made for you that you can wear
and go to the court.” The man was much disappointed with the reply.
He went to the second friend and told him about his problem. He
replied, “I have so much work on hand that I cannot give you any time
or attention. I can only walk a few paces with you on the way to the
king’s court!” The man was disappointed with the second friend too, and
came away from him crestfallen. He went to the third friend and begged
his pardon that he had always neglected him. But he explained his
285problem to him. The friend said, “Don’t be afraid! Your repentance at
this time has come to your rescue! I shall come with you to the court and
help you!”
Balohar continued, “O prince! The first friend was wealth that promised to give him a shroud for his coffin, if required. The second friend
was his child who agreed to walk a few paces on the way to his grave.
The third friend was his good deeds that would keep company with him
even after his death.”
Hearing the parable, the prince said, “O wise person! Please tell me
some more tales like this!”
Balohar said: A kingdom had a very strange custom. Whenever the
kings place fell vacant, they would catch the first traveler coming their
way, they would catch and crown him king! They never told him how
long he would remain the king. Then they would remove him from the
throne after a year and get another stranger as the king. They used to
leave the previous king to roam around the town as a beggar. Once, a
stranger, when put on the throne, thought about the strange practice of
the place and wondered how long he could remain in power! The people
were strangers for him and he expected no sympathy from them. He
therefore searched a person from his own town and told him about the
strange manner in which he was crowned the king. The man advised
him to transfer some wealth to another place for use in time of need. The
king did follow the advice.
Balohar said, “O prince! You are that king who acted on the advice
and I am the friend who proffered the advice!”
Yuzasaf said, “O wise Balohar! Whatever you have said about the futility of the world has affected me so much that I don’t need any further
advice. I wish now to hear from you about the Hereafter!”
Balohar said: O prince! Shunning the world itself is the key to the
Hereafter! Whoever rejected this transitory world, got the kingdom of
the immortal hereafter. This world involves man in seven types of
hardship: