Once there was a king who regularly distributed food to the brahmanas.
One day, as he was giving out food to the priests, an eagle flew above holding a dead snake in his claws. Out of the mouth of the dead snake fell a drop of poison inDON'T BLAME WITHOUT KNOWING FACTSto the food of one of the Brahmin.
No one knew or saw that this had happened, so the king continued distributing the food.
The Brahmin who accidentally got the poisoned food from king died, and the king was feeling very sad about it.
One of the servants of Yamaraj (the god of death) who has the duty to distribute karma to the living beings had a problem. When this incident with the king and the poisoned food happened, he didn't know whom to blame for the death of the Brahmin, and hence he did not know who to give the karma to.
After all, it was not the eagle’s fault that it carried the dead snake in its claws (since this was its food), nor was it the dead snake's fault, nor was it the king’s fault because he did not know that the poison fell into the food.
However, one day, a few brahmanas entered the kingdom in order to meet the king.
A lady was sitting next to the road and they asked her: “Do you know where the king’s palace is and how we can get there?”
She said: “Yes,” and pointed at the right direction. “But, be very careful,” she said, “the king is known to kill brahmanas!”
The moment she said that and criticized the king unrightfully, that moment the servant of Yamaraj had decided. He gave her the karma of causing the death brahmana!
Moral of the story:
If you criticize someone and you are not right about their deeds, then you get 100% of their karma.
This story can inspire us to be careful about what we think or say about other people without knowing the truth.
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