Acharya Prashant tells a story about a girl who loved the imperial palace of the kings and asked her father how to reach it. The father explained that she would have to work hard, be the best student, learn all the arts, and join the king's bureaucracy by clearing the entrance exam. Through her work, wisdom, and devotion, she would have to rise through the ranks. He described it as a meritocratic process where, if the throne became vacant, she might be chosen based on her power, worth, and merit. The girl initially agreed to follow this right process, but laziness soon overpowered her. To become the reigning queen, she would need to totally change and shine brilliantly, a brilliance that comes only through devotion to God. This would require the death of the old self, which the ego does not like and the old self does not approve of. Despite this, her craving to be at the top spot remained. She refused to take the right route and instead chose an easier path: becoming a seductress. She seduced the king, got him to marry her, and became the queen, thus fulfilling her craving through another route. However, having entered the palace without her own worth, she does not deserve to be there. She is now almost like the king's harlot, a decorated mass of flesh being used, which the speaker calls a form of death. He explains there are two kinds of death. One is the death of the old self, of limitations and laziness, which would have occurred had she ascended to the throne through merit and devotion. The other is the death she chose by selling herself to the king, which is the worst kind of death, allowing her to remain lazy while consuming material pleasures. The speaker advises choosing the 'right death' by giving death to laziness, ego, and self-preservation. He urges the listener not to protect laziness and give death to oneself, but to fight against the lazy self and not side with it. He concludes that if you do not fight your laziness, your laziness will give you a death that you cannot even imagine.