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far from where Sehdev muni is sitting. Narad ji takes a
basket full of sand and starts to put it into the river.
For one hour he keeps digging sand and puts it into the
river. After an hour when Narad ji comes to sit with
Sehdev muni, Sehdev muni questions him, “What have
you been doing with the sand?” “I was trying to make a
bridge.” said Narad ji. Sehdev muni laughs and says
“You have wasted your time, all the sand you had put
in got washed away with the current of the water. You
have wasted one hour!” Narad ji replies, “I have just
wasted one hour of my time, but by criticizing a saintly
man like Raja Janak, you have lost six years of your
spiritual progress.” By criticizing or hurting someone
who has a clear heart, good karmas get burned out very
fast. Sehdev muni realizes his mistake and goes back to
Raja Janak after 12 years of meditation.

On seeing Sehdev again, Raja Janak orders his
servants to throw him out. This time Sehdev does not
feel bad and is humbled. After passing this test, Raja
Janak orders Sehdev to go stand under the window
from where all the rishis are throwing out their leftover
food. Sehdev goes and stands under the window with
all leftover food being thrown on him. This also does
not affect him since he has learned to be humble. Again
Raja Janak hands Sehdev a bowl of oil full to the brim
and tells him to roam the palace. He sends a guard
with him with the orders that even if a drop falls out,
Sehdev is to be beheaded. To test Sehdev, Raja Janak
displays his jewels, all over the palace and has girls

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