[ story from mom: [ + 2. Kalidas;/ 3. Akabar ]
Once upon a time, the herbivores came complaining to god that why there was so much injustice in his Creation ; why they had no freedom to roam or eat in the forest freely; why they often had to be victim to wild animals in the forest !
Not only the herbivores but also carnivores ,omnivores ,even the fish & reptiles appealed god to change this order of 'eat or to be eaten'!
God thoughtfully replied, "In collaboration with Nature I did my best. But I want peace for you all."
"So let me experiment first for only 'one year' : I bless you to fulfill your wish. Hereby I am changing the previous order ."
All the living beings came back with happy heart . ...But after one year they all came back to approach god to take back the blessing and bring back the previous order in this Creation!
God asked them innocently, "Why, what's the problem now?"
The sum and substance of their grievance was that each specie had multiplied so much that they could not accommodate space to live or eat to survive. There were no plants left in the jungle to feed extra mouths. The herbivores were fighting violently among themselves for food.
Big fish extinguished for prolonged fasting but the small fish multiplied to accommodate themselves whether in the pond, in lakes or even in ocean . They were also fighting among themselves and became food for one another .
Omnipotent God smirked and said ,"OK, go back to your old system again, accepting the cycle of food-chain : eat or to be eaten !"
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The story of the great poet Kalidas is well known in the world.He was one of the nine gems in the court during Gupta empire in 3/4 C.E
The era of Gupta empire is known as 'Golden Age' of India . Art, sculpture literature, music , astronomy , physics, mathematics flourished throughout the country.The great concept of 'zero' originated by Aryabhattya( one of the nine gems ) in this land of India.
Every year tourists thronged in front of the Ajanta & Ellora mountain caves where amazing painting and sculpture on the mountain caves witness the ancient civilization!
Anyway, my story is about Kalidas .In his early life he was illiterate and known as an utterly stupid . [That trails another story of his life, written by me few years ago]. He became so learned by the blessings of goddess of learning.
He was appointed as the ' Noborotno' 'Mohakobi' Kalidasa in the royal court. Those who knew about early life of Kalidasa were unhappy and also jealous. One day a senior Pandit challenged the emperor about the profundity of wisdom of Kalidas.
Emperor: "OK, tomorrow I will summon a special conference in the court in front of you to prove truth ."
The court was overcrowded with enthusiastic audience. By the order of the emperor there was an ugly dry branch was kept in front of the throne.
The emperor called the senior pandit first and asked to describe the branch laid infront of the throne.
The pandit along with the court was surprised for such drama. He answered with negligence ,
"Suskong kasthong tisthoti agre"....... ( in Sanskrit )
=A dry piece of log is laying in front ...
Nobody described better than the first one .
The emperor asked lastly Kalidas to describe.
Looking at the dry log Kalidas recited sonorously:
" Niros torubar purato bhagey" ...... [in sanskrit]
This is what is known as 'literature '!
To express the ordinary in extraordinary way!
To present even an ugly as a piece of beauty !!
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1). Niros=which is completely bereft of juice/(liquid)
2). Torubar = branch of the tree.
3). puroto =. lying
4). bhagey= In front of....
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Akbar the Great was most popular of the Mughol emperors in India during 1556 to 1605. He appointed Birbal as his adviser in his court.
Birbal was renowned for his wisdom and wit. There are many funny as well as intelligent stories of him. We read those stories in our school life. Akbar loved him .Birbal was accompanied by the emperor everywhere. He enjoyed high salary and luxury .
The soldiers and their chief complained to the king that Birbal did not do any hard work like them .He did not fight with the enemy to save the country. They did at the cost of lives ; still he had higher salary and better life .Why His Majesty was partial in judgement?
Akbar replied Birbal ranked high for his great intelligence and farsightedness; He would prove them just now.
Akbar summoned one of his army and asked him to survey outside the east side of the fort wall and report him. When he returned
Akbar asked him 'what did you saw there?'
"Me Lord,I saw nothing but a barking dog on the ground".
Akbar: " o! was it a male dog or bitch ?'
*_ " Am not sure of that ,Lord,"
Akbar asked a second man who informed that it was a bitch .
*" Had the bitch any puppy with her ?"Akbar asked.
*"It was lying in a shallow and shadowy ditch No puppy were there ."
*Another army was sent who reported that there're newborn puppy in the ditch who were protected under the belly of the bitch.
"Really, that' s so sweet ! So how many puppies were there?''
*"I did not go near for counting , as their mother was whimpering aggressively".
Another one was ordered to go for counting .
*He reported that the bitch had delivered six cute babies ".
Akbar asked "How many of them are male and female ?"
"That was hard to know for me,Lord.
Then some other one went to the same place and reported ,
"Lord, with great courage I went near & found out of the six four were bitch while two were dogs."
Then Akbar sent his vassal to call the 'Mantri'(minister) from his home .AS the minister came to the court Akbar ordered him the same job (like the first army-man ) to do.
The minister went there and came back to Akbar after surveying .
Akbar repeated all those previously asked questions to the minister.
The minister answered correctly ; the emperor asked some additional questions also and got correct information from the minister .
Turning to the courtiers, the emperor said confidently "the minister was paid high for his intelligence and ability of keen sight. He alone could do the job easily whereas you needed a dozen of men power !'
The complainers sat silently with heads down!
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The story of the Mughal emperor Akbar's experiment is suitable example to prove the importance of ear. Akbar himself was illiterate but he was no less than a pandit ; He learnt only by listening from the wise pandit .Once there was dispute among the people about language : Which language was god-given and noblest of all.
To solve the problem, Akbar the Great ordered his minister to collect 10 babies of six months from the parents who have unique linguistic difference and. to keep these ten babies in ten different sound proof chambers under proper baby-care. Only the ten deaf and dumb care-takers. were appointed to take care for. those babies. These babies belong to the parents who followed the language of Urdu ,Farsi, Sanskrit , Pali, Maithily , brojobuli and some local ,even tribal language. When the babies became five years old. they were presented in the royal court.
The court was overcrowded of the mass with high pitch of excitement . To their disappointment it was found that all. those. ten babies were deaf and dumb ; none of them could speak in any language at all .Thus the emperor convinced the common people that no language could claim superior to other as "God's language". All languages were equal.The baby learn that language which they listen from the parent or in environment ; if they hear nothing as sound of language from the beginning of birth ,they would learn nothing .
Though. some. people were not happy , but they couldn't argue Thus Akbar the Great solved the dispute of language peacefully . He was able to run on with the same "FARSI". as court language of the country.He reigned from 1556 to 1605 as most popular Mughal emperor, in spite of being illiterate but wise only by listening. He wrote a book named "Akbar-E-Nama" to compromise the conflict between Hindu-ism and Islamist.
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