👉 When a Saint Led an Army

🔶 This story is about self confidence attracting God's grace. Once upon a time, the king of Taxshila was attacked by a powerful enemy. Seeing the huge army of the opponent the commander of Taxshila's army lost his confidence and told the king, "O King, the enemy's army is huge and well armed. It is better to surrender without a fight." Hearing this, the king became very sad and worried. A saint of Taxshila came to know about this situation. He approached the king and said firmly, "Let the commander of the army be immediately removed, I will myself lead the army in this battle." Now, the king was in a dilemma for a while, but considering that an honorable fight is better than surrender, he finally gave his consent.

🔷 The saint took charge of the army and marched ahead. There was an old temple on their way. Saint said to the soldiers, let us visit the temple and ask God about the outcome of this battle. They went in and the saint tossed a coin, saying, saying, "If it is a tail the victory shall be ours!" And tail it was! Knowing that they had the Divine approval the soldiers fought valiantly with full confidence and won.

🔶Everyone said this is the result of the blessings from the temple's God. But, the saint smiled mysteriously. He showed the coin he had tossed to them. It had tail mark on both the sides. The saint said, "The victory is the result of your own self confidence and valor. God helps those who help themselves!"

📖 From Pragya Puran