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A landlord had hired a tutor for his son, who was weak in mathematics. The tutor gave the boy lots of sums to do, but the boy would continually whine that the tutor must show him how to add the sums first. The boy was so indulged by his wealthy parents that he could not bear to do anything difficult alone; for any slightly troublesome task he was used to calling in a hireling. The teacher would reply, "No, if I do them, then how will you get any practice?"
When on his lunch break the boy complained to some friends in a voice purposefully loud enough to be heard by the tutor: "Now just consider this: Father has hired this tutor for 250 rupees a month plus another 250 for food and clothing--500 rupees a month! And inspite of earning so much, that tutor cannot even add these sums. Now I have to do them! What's the use of his being employed at this house?"
This story reveals the mentality of the pseudo-devotee who calculates the material benefit he gets from acts of devotion to the spiritual master. Only when there is a chance for him to enjoy some name, fame, wealth and prestige as a result is he enthusiastic; if it is just "work", he's not. But he should realize that even "work" given by the spiritual master is for his own good, just as the dull work of adding sums is for the good of the student.
There were three young friends who were sons of fathers who were very prominent in government. One was the son of the king, another was the son of the king's minister, and the third was the son of the royal treasurer. This three boys were inseparable.
Now, as young adventuresome men they decided to travel and see the world. They visited a distant kingdom. At the royal palace they discovered that the king, his minister and the royal treasurer were away on some state business, but the beautiful daughters of each were at home. It seemed a natural match: prince fell in love with princess, minister's son with minister's daughter, treasurer's son with treasurer's daughter. So passionate were the mutual emotions of these couples that they decided to marry at once without waiting for parental approval.
When the fathers of the three daughters returned to the palace, they were outraged to find that strange young men had taken up residence with them. The king had these fellows arrested immediately. The daughters fell at their fathers' feet, crying, "But he is my husband! I love him!"
The king investigated and found out the identities of the young men. In defence to their positions, he had the prince chained in the dungeon by a gold shackle, the minister's son chained by a silver shackle and the treasurer's son chained by an iron shackle.
This story illustrates the bondage of the three modes of material nature upon the conditioned souls.
This story was told by Lord Caitanya to Sanatana Gosvami. It is meant to illustrate the care that one must take in devotional service to avoid contamination of karma, jnana and yoga.