That evening, a dejected Arjun sat with Vikram under the banyan tree. “You were lucky,” Arjun said bitterly. “You found a spring.”
Arjun realized his mistake. He had not failed because he lacked strength; he had failed because he was attached to a specific result. His anxiety over the future had paralyzed him in the present. bhagavad gita quotes on karma
On the tenth day, a strange thing happened. As Vikram dug, he struck a layer of porous rock. Water—not from rain, but from an underground spring—began to seep into the canal. Slowly at first, then in a steady, cool stream. By the twelfth day, the spring water reached Vikram’s field and began flowing toward the village well. That evening, a dejected Arjun sat with Vikram
Vikram wiped his brow and said, “I know two things: the village needs water, and I know how to dig. The result is not in my hands. But the act of digging? That is in my hands.” He had not failed because he lacked strength;
Every year, the monsoon rains were unpredictable. Sometimes the river would swell and flood the fields; other times, it would shrink to a trickle.