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grounded.
Sehdev muni, did meditation for 12 years in order

to make Raja Janak his guru. One day when Sehdev
muni goes to Raja Janak, he sees him dressed in his
finest clothes, wearing loads of jewels and pronouncing
a sentence of a 20 year imprisonment to a decoit.
Sehdev muni is not impressed and goes back to do
meditation for another 12 years. Once again he goes to
Raja Janak and sees that he is busy listening to
satsang when one of his soldiers come to him and tell
him that the kingdom is at risk of getting burned. “Go
away; can't you see I am listening to satsang? Don't
disturb me.” After some time, the soldier again comes
and says that the fire has reached the gates of his
kingdom. Again Raja Janak scolds the soldier and tells
him to go away. Sehdev muni had left his few
belongings that he had at the gates of the kingdom and
runs to save them from getting burned. Raja Janak
then tells Sehdev, “Just to save a few of your belonging
you ran away, look at me, my whole kingdom was at
risk yet I didn't leave the satsang. You are not yet ready
to have a guru.”

Sehdev muni goes back to meditate for another 12
years and on his way he starts to criticize Raja Janak.
Narad muni, taking pity on Sehdev, and not wanting
hm to lose his spiritual progress by criticizing a true
saint like Raja Janak, comes to his rescue. He takes
the form of an ordinary man and goes to Sehdev muni
who is sitting under a tree. There is a river flowing not

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