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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vidura99" data-source="post: 8582529" data-attributes="member: 244453">Ramakrishna earned the affection and the  esteem of the king and the people. He was a comic poet and looked, like  an ignorant man; but he was pious and on the side of justice. He used  his hurmour to set thins right whenever injustice was done.    Krishnadevaraya's mother was a very orthodox woman. She had visited many  holy places and had performed religious rites; she had given much in  charity. Once she wanted to give fruit in charity and informed so to her  son. Krishnadevaraya who had great respect for his mother immediately got  delicious mangoes from Ratnagiri. But on the auspicious day when she was  to present those fruits to Brahmins, the king's mother died. The religious rites connected with her death went on for several days.  Meanwhile, the king called a few Brahmins and said, "My mother's last  wish was to offer mangoes to Brahmins. But she died before the wish  could be fulfilled. What should I do now that she might earn the merit  for giving away the fruits?" The greedy Brahmins replied: "Your Highness, only if you offer mangoes  made of gold to Brahmins will your mother's soul rest in peace." Ramakrishna came to know of this. The next day he went to the houses of  those Brahmins, and asked them to come to his house next to perform his  mother's ceremon. The Brahmins came to Ramakrishna's house after receiving the gold  mangoes from the king. Ramakrishna's servants closed all the doors of  the house. They brought red-hot iron bars and stood before the Brahmins! The Brahmins were taken aback. Then Ramakrishna told them His mother had  knee pains and as remedy wanted Ramakrishna to burn her with read hot  rods but she died before he could do it. So he now wanted to execute her  wish. When the Brahmins said he was unjust towards them, Ramakrishna  says there is nothing unjust because they had just taken golden mangoes  from the king. Then the Brahmins understook their folly and left the golden mangoes at Ramakrishna's house and left. Later when Krishnadevaraya asked Ramakrishna why he had behaved like  that with the Brahmins, Ramakrishna says the palace treasury should not  be exploited by these selfish people it is not there to feed lazy  follows. It is there to serve the people.</blockquote>

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