A Comprehensive Collection - Swami Vivekananda

""""KARMA-YOGA. 91The idea of this princesskingdom after her father s death.was to marry-, the handsomest man, but she could notfind the right one to please her. Several times thesemeetings had taken place, and yet the princess had notselected any one. This meeting was the most splendid ofall;more people than ever had come to it, and it wasa most gorgeous scene.The princess came in on a throneand the bearers carried her from place to place.She doesnot seem to care for any one even on this occasion rand everyone has almost become disappointed that thismeeting, too, is to be broken up without any one being chosenas the husband of the princess. Just then comes a youngman, a Sannyasin as handsome as if the sun had come downto the earth, and he stands in one corner of the assemblyseeing what is going on. The throne with the princesscomes near him, and as soon as she sees the beautifulSannyasin, she stops and throws the garland over him. Theyoung Sannyasin seizes the garland and throws it off,exclaiming What nonsense do you mean by that ? I am aSannyasin, what ismarriage to me" ? The king of thatcountry thinks that perhaps this man is poor, so does notdare to marry the princess, so he says to him "withmydaughter goes half my kingdom now, and the whole kingdom after my death,"and puts the garland again onthe Sannyasin. The young man throws it off once moresayingWhat nonsense is this? I do not want to marry,"and walks quickly away from the assembly.Now the princess fell so much in love with this youngman that she said I must marry this man or I shall die;"and she went after him to bring him back. Then ourother Sannyasin, who had brought our king there becauseof the controversy, said to the king King, let us followthis so paii^ ;"they walked after then, but at a good dis-