From Bandit to Saint Valmiki || Acharya Prashant (2024)

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00:00Think of the, of the bandit who was called Ratnakar at that time.

00:05I am Ratnakar.

00:07Dacoit Ratnakar and then he became the sage Valmiki.

00:10He asked his wife, he said, you partake in all the riches I bring home

00:14and tomorrow if I rot in hell, will you suffer with me?

00:17And he too was fortunate to have a wife who candidly admitted, no, dear one.

00:23Are you involved in my sins?

00:25No, my lord.

00:27That you have to bear all alone.

00:29I won't accompany you.

00:31Now that's the kind of question most persons don't ask their spouses.

00:36That's where we feel we are in a happy and comfortable and settled place.

00:40You are in a settled place only as long as you are not asking those honest questions.

00:45The thing is we are so afraid of honesty and those questions

00:49because we know that our fragile peace would simply shatter the moment real inquiry happens.

00:56Husband asks these questions to the wife

00:58and after that you have a huge war for the next seven days.

01:03So you just want to avoid all that.

01:05You don't want to ask those questions.