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Sathyam and asathyam



Two people whom we are very familiar with, lived in a house near a river. Their names are Sathyam or truth and Asathyam or untruth. One day they went to the river to take a refreshing bath.
 
They removed their clothes, kept them in a safe place on the bank and jumped in to the clear and flowing water. They played for a while and suddenly Asathyam had an idea. When Sathyam was floating on the water and gazing at the sky, Asathyam got out of water and walked towards the bank. He made sure that Sathyam was not watching him. Slowly he moved towards Sathyam's clothes and wore them and quickly disappeared.
 
After some time, Sathyam got on his feet looked for Asathyam and could not find him anywhere. He came out of the water and walked towards his clothes and he saw that Asathyam had taken his clothes and had disappeared in to the vast world.
 
Since then both of them have been moving in all societies all over the world and people do not know who is who. People see Asathyam in Sathyam's clothes, trust him and get cheated. They see Sathyam in Asathyam's clothes and stay away from him and later find out that he was actually Sathyam.
 
This game is still going on and that is why our forefathers told us not to trust the appearance, but have the patience to look deeper. Beauty of the mind or soul is everlasing and beauty of the skin is withering away every second.

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