Takeaways from any story or incident vary from person to person. It depends on the level of his past personal experiences, stories he had heard, incidences he had witnessed, his spiritual growth, mental health, surroundings, sanskaras, etc.
For example, let's take the story of Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra. People may take many lessons from this story. These impressions depend on many factors. Some takeaways from this story may be the following:
- Karma comes back. This was his karmphal.
- We need to adhere to honesty, integrity, perseverance, and truthfulness. We should do anything for principles, even if we have to endure extreme hardship.
- Challenges in life are not significant. Important is how we navigate these challenges.
- Family values are important. No matter what, family supports each other.
- We have to look for ourselves. Family members may throw us under the bus. If you support someone unconditionally, there are consequences. His wife and child were sold.
- Does a husband has a right to sell his wife and son for money? What happened to his wedding vows? Was not he supposed to protect his wife and son instead of selling them? King is remembered for keeping his words to Sage but what about his words to his wife and his duty towards his child?
- Our people may not support us. King's administration and the public just watched everything. They did not make any efforts to prevent this other than weeping. They did not accompany their Raja. Praja did not crowd-fund money, administration did not give him money. No one volunteered to keep his wife and son safe.
- Gurus, Saints, and Devtas may cruelly test people.
- Why does God have to test humans? Don't they know their karma, destiny, intentions, etc.
- King's surrounding kingdoms were not doing well. He did not find a decent job and money there.