Once a guru went to a forest in search of remedy. A hunter had also gone there for hunting animals and a solider also arrived there. All of three felt thirsty. They saw a hut in the forest in which a blind man was sitting. The hunter went there and said, “O blind man, make me drink water; otherwise, your pot of water would be broken by me.” The blind man didn’t give water to him and moved him away. Then the soldier came to him and said, “O blind man, give me water and take anything you want.” Hearing this the man got angry and moved him away as well. The guru went to the blind man and addressed him politely and very humbly asked for water. Hearing a very gentle voice the man said, “I have become satisfied that you arrived in my hut; take and drink water.” After drinking water the guru told, “When a hunter and a soldier came and asked water, you denied. But when I came and asked water, you gave water. Why is it so?” Then the blind man replied that it all depended upon the voice of a person.
Moral : Voice should be humble and gentle.
