Posted on 30.04.2023 07:21
The queen said to the king that he was a fool. The king was thrown into turmoil. He could not sleep the entire night. He went and sat in his royal court the next day. Whoever came up to him he called a fool. The king welcomed the nobility, commanders in-chief and the members of the royal court saying: "Come in, fool." All of them were amazed. What could they do? No one dared to say anything. In those days, people were very scared of the king. Eventually a poet came to the king. The king said, "Come in, fool!" Usually, poets hardly fear anyone. The poet responded, "Maharaja Bhoj! How did you call me a fool? I am not a fool. I am going to tell you the characteristics of a fool."Khadanna gacchami hasanna jalpe gatam na shauchami kritam na manye dvabhyam tritiyo na bhavami rajan! kim karanam Bhoj! bhavami murkhah
The poet said to the king: "Maharaja! There are five ways to identify a fool:
1) One who eats while walking is called a fool. Your Highness! I don't walk while eating, how can I be a fool?
2) One person wants to say something. If before saying it he laughs, he is a fool. Your Highness! I don't behave like this.
3) A foolish person is one who keeps on thinking, day and night, about a situation or incident that is already over. Now, how does it help to worry about the past? It is better to view it with understanding.
4) A person who performed a little service to somebody and later goes on boasting that he has done that is a fool. But I don't do this.
5) If a third person interferes when two are speaking, he is a fool."
The king realized his mistake. The queen was speaking to the minister when he, a third person, interrupted
their conversation. That was why the queen had said to him: "Come in, fool." His brain felt lighter. How much tension had been caused by one single word! So much so that he could not sleep the entire night, and he even called all the members of his royal court fools!
To be continued...
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