It is the end and not the means

A Story by Imagination.

Once a doctor,a priest and a bank officer expired simultaneously on the same day in India.All of them were taken to the gateway of heaven/hell to decide whether to be sent to heaven or hell.
The yama by virtue of his position was the disciplinary authority to allocate berth either in heaven or hell.But he does it judiciously only after an interview.
The doctor was called and was asked as to why he should be given a berth in heaven.The doctor started telling his experience as how he had served the ailing patients all day and night etc etc. The doctor came to the end of the story by saying that all his selfless services used to give him a lot of peace and pleaded a berth  in the heaven in view of his good work. The doctor was asked to wait for the final verdict.
The priest in reply to the same question replied confidently that all throughout his life he was busy in worshipping  the gods and goddesses  and used to get lot of peace out of his work and hence pleaded for place in the heaven.He was also asked to wait.
Now the turn comes for the bank officer.On being asked the same question the bank officer started crying to say that unlike his earlier two friends, he had never been in peace all throughout his  life.The composite pressure of customers, government officers ,officers from the controlling offices  along with demands from staff members being garnished with the firing of his  boss,and sometimes under the threat of audit,vigilance,  not even a single day he  could leave  the office in peace or with job satisfaction. Similarly he could never satisfy his  wife or children as he could not give them any time.He was in mental agony and unrest and that led to his massive heart attack  which caused his  death.As he  had  never done any good thing that could qualify him  for a berth in heaven, he remained silent with tears rolling down his eyes uncontrollably.
Now the time for verdict.The verdict is small and precise.
The yama  gave his verdict that no one person should be sentenced to hell twice.The banker had already served his full sentence in hell while alive and now he be sent to heaven and others in hell
P S  The idea of the story  was given by my brother like friend Sri Debasish Sengupta who is a an outstanding credit officer of union bank,  a poet and an educated person with a sound literary  background  a class by himself.I am responsible for the poor translation.