Arjuna once asked Krishna, "Bhagavan, Why do people consider Karna more generous than Yudhishtra? Neither has ever refused whatever has been asked for, irrespective of whoever has asked for it! So why is Karna considered greater than Yudhishtra?"*

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Bhagavan said with a smile, "Come, I'll show you why."

Disguised as Brahmins, they first went to Yudhishtra's Court & asked for sandalwood sticks to conduct 'yagna'.

The King immediately sent his soldiers to all parts of his Kingdom in search of sandal wood sticks.

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It was monsoon, trees were all drenched & the soldiers returned with wet sandal wood pieces.

Yagna was not possible with the wet sticks.

Krishna & Arjuna proceeded to Karna's Court next & asked for the same sticks.

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Karna thought for a while & said "As it's raining for several days now, it will be impossible to collect dry sandal wood sticks. But there is a way out! Please wait for a while.
Saying this, Karna proceeded to chop & cut down the doors & windows of the Court which were made

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of sandal wood & after making them into pieces, gifted the dry sandalwood sticks to the Brahmins to conduct 'yagna'.

They accepted the offerings & went back.

On their way back, Krishna asked Arjuna *"Do you realise the difference between the two, Arjuna?

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Had we asked Yudhishtra to give his doors & windows for us to conduct yagna, he would have given us without a second thought. But he did not think of it himself

We did not ask Karna either!

Yudhishtra gave because that was his Dharma.

*Karna gave because he loves to give
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This is the difference btw the 2 & that is why Karna is considered greater

Whatever work you do, it becomes nobler when you do it with love

We can work with different attitudes
Either someone has asked you to do or as your Dharm or as Karna did it,out of love for doing the job

Shared by a #Leader who loves his work and his team..

#love #withlove