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| The Brahmin's Gift |
The Panchatantra is the ancient story collection in India and it is very well-known collection of children stories. There will be a good lesson and a moral of the story at the end in every story. Here we will read an interesting story that is collected from the Panchatantra.
The Brahmin's Gift
Once, there lived a pious Brahmin (Priest) in a small village. He used to perform religious services. One day he was rewarded with a goat for his services by a wealthy man. The Brahmin was very happy to get a goat as the reward. He happily carried the goat over his shoulder and began the journey towards his home. On the way, three frauds saw the Brahmin taking the goat. All of them were lazy and wanted to cheat the Brahmin. They wanted to take away the goat from the Brahmin.
They said each other,” This goat will make a delicious meal for all of us. Let's somehow get it”.
They discussed the matter among themselves and made a plan to get the goat from the Brahmin. After deciding the plan, they got separated from one another and took different hiding positions at three different places on the way of the Brahmin.
As soon as, the Brahmin arrived at a lonely place, one of the frauds came out from his hiding place and asked Brahmin in a shocking manner, “Sir, what are you doing? I don't understand why a pious man like you needs to carry a dog on his shoulders?"
The Brahmin was surprised to hear such words. He screamed, “Can't you see? It's not a dog but a goat, you stupid fool".
The fraud replied,” Sir, I beg your pardon. I told you what I saw. I am sorry, if you don’t believe it.”
The Brahmin was very angry on that and started his journey once again.
They said each other,” This goat will make a delicious meal for all of us. Let's somehow get it”.
They discussed the matter among themselves and made a plan to get the goat from the Brahmin. After deciding the plan, they got separated from one another and took different hiding positions at three different places on the way of the Brahmin.
As soon as, the Brahmin arrived at a lonely place, one of the frauds came out from his hiding place and asked Brahmin in a shocking manner, “Sir, what are you doing? I don't understand why a pious man like you needs to carry a dog on his shoulders?"
The Brahmin was surprised to hear such words. He screamed, “Can't you see? It's not a dog but a goat, you stupid fool".
The fraud replied,” Sir, I beg your pardon. I told you what I saw. I am sorry, if you don’t believe it.”
The Brahmin was very angry on that and started his journey once again.
The Brahmin had just walked a distance, when another fraud came out from his hiding place and asked the Brahmin, “Sir, why do you carry a dead calf on your shoulders? You seem to be a wise person. Such an act is pure stupidity on your part."
The Brahmin shouted, "What? How can you mistake a living goat for a dead calf?"
The second fraud replied, ""Sir, you seem to be highly mistaken in this regard. I just told you what I saw. Thank you". The second fraud went away smiling. The Brahmin got confused and continued to walk further.
Again the Brahmin had covered a little distance when the third fraud met him. The third cheat asked laughingly, "Sir, why do you carry a donkey on your shoulders? It makes you a laughing stock”. Hearing the words of the third fraud, the Brahmin became really worried. He started thinking, “Is it really not a goat? Is it some kind of a ghost?"
He thought that the animal he was carrying on his shoulders might really be some sort of a ghost, because it transformed itself from goat into a dog, from dog into a dead calf and from dead calf into a donkey. The Brahmin got frightened to such an extent that he throws the goat on the roadside and ran away. The three frauds laughed how they made fool the Brahmin. They caught the goat and were happy to feast on it.
The second fraud replied, ""Sir, you seem to be highly mistaken in this regard. I just told you what I saw. Thank you". The second fraud went away smiling. The Brahmin got confused and continued to walk further.
Again the Brahmin had covered a little distance when the third fraud met him. The third cheat asked laughingly, "Sir, why do you carry a donkey on your shoulders? It makes you a laughing stock”. Hearing the words of the third fraud, the Brahmin became really worried. He started thinking, “Is it really not a goat? Is it some kind of a ghost?"
He thought that the animal he was carrying on his shoulders might really be some sort of a ghost, because it transformed itself from goat into a dog, from dog into a dead calf and from dead calf into a donkey. The Brahmin got frightened to such an extent that he throws the goat on the roadside and ran away. The three frauds laughed how they made fool the Brahmin. They caught the goat and were happy to feast on it.
Moral of the story: One should not be carried away by what others say.
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