Dattatreya Ji elaborated on the honey bee. He said that it worked very hard under the leadership of the queen of the swarm. It went to search for the best nectar and prepared the best quality honey, but it could not use it. But, it could not use the honey for itself but died. Other beings used the honey for their use by acquiring the honey by force. That was the law of nature. But, in reality, the bee died, accumulating resources.
(In older times, people killed the bees by exposing them to noxious gases. But, nowadays, the beekeepers encaptivate honey bees in artificial honeycombs, where they prepare honey.)
Dattatreya Ji learned to avoid accumulating resources but to share with everyone. Though the bees worked hard to collect the resources, accumulation killed them. Working hard under the leadership surely brought good results, but working like a donkey never brought success in the spiritual path.
(The moment we start accumulating money, we begin suffering from restless nights. We begin worrying about official raids and arrests.)
Then, he talked about the bumblebee. Dattatreya Ji observed that the bumblebee felt attracted by the fragrance of the flowers, but the fragrance of the lotus intoxicated it. It flew towards the lotus and sat over it. But, it did not move away after taking the nectar. As the sun touched the horizon in the dusk, the lotus drooped and held its petals close. The bumblebee could not escape the cage and soon died.
Dattatreya Ji explained that people felt attracted to worldly glitters and then got attached. They suffered tremendously due to unnecessary chains of attachment they had used. He explained that we should not get attached to the world, or we shall suffer.
He continued and told about the fate of a fish. Dattatreya Ji said that the fish felt attracted to the fresh worm tied to the fishing line of the angler. The worm denoted that it lost its life to lure the fish, and even the fish could die. But, the fish could not hold his sense of taste and, it held the fishing line.
(“I am dying for you, you don’t die for me, for if you died for me, someone else is waiting for you.” The kind plea of the worm tied to the fishing line.)
He explained that using the mouth for satisfying the senses as well as the urge to vomit out the words invited suffering. He taught the phrase, “Shut your mouth and save your life.”