Sadhvi Vishrut Vibha
Fear Leads To Destruction
One day, Epidemic mounted his horse and was galloping away in a great hurry, when he came across a man. The man stopped him and asked, “Who are you?” he replied, “I am Epidemic.” Hearing this, the man became frightened and further asked, “Where are going and why?” Epidemic replied that he was going to a certain city to kill one thousand people.
After a few days, when Epidemic was returning, he accidentally met the same man again. The man asked, “You had told me that you would kill only one thousand people but the number of dead people has reached five thousand. Why did you tell a lie?” Epidemic replied, “I did not lie to you. Personally, I have killed only one thousand people. The remaining four thousand died on their own; due to fear. I have nothing to do with their death.”
Many a people die simply because of fear and those who are fearless lead a long life.
