Once, long ago, there lived a group of three robbers in a big town.
All the three were experts in one field or another.
One was good at breaking locks open, one was good at forgery and one was good with his knife.
Once, they robbed a house and escaped with a huge booty. In the booty there were many precious stones, diamonds and jewels.
Due to heavy vigilance in the city, they were not able to encash the precious stones, diamonds and jewels.
So they took the booty to a dense shrub and buried it under a jasmine plant.
While returning from the shrub, they all felt hungry.
They decided that one of them would go to the town and get something to eat.
One of the robbers left for the town.
The other two robbers started having a heavy discussion.
They decided that, if they were ready with a heavy stick, when the third man returned from town, they could beat him up and kill him.
Then, it would be enough to divide the booty into two parts.
Meanwhile, the man in the town thought, “I am feeling very hungry. Let me eat first and take the remaining for the two.”
After eating, he thought, “Those two fellows are actually not my friends. They are just pretending to be friendly towards me. Why should I care about them?
If I mix some poison in the food, the two will eat the poisoned food and die. Then all the booty will be for my enjoyment.
So thinking, he added poison to the food and took it to the other. When the man returned from town, he was in for a surprise.
The two others took their heavy sticks and thrashed him. They beat him to death.
One of the thieves said, “Now that fellow has died. Both of us are hungry. So let’s have the food and then divide the booty.”
The other thief agreed and they ate the poisoned food. And alas, they also died.
References:
http://www.bhagavatam-katha.com/story-group-of-three-robbers/
B.G 3.36 : Arjuna said: O descendant of Vṛṣṇi, by what is one impelled to sinful acts, even unwillingly, as if engaged by force?
B.G 3.37 : The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world.
References:
http://www.bhagavatam-katha.com/story-group-of-three-robbers/
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