Krishna hugs Sudama welcomes him to his abode and treats him with utmost love and respect. On hearing that Sudama was here, Krishna stops doing whatever he was doing and runs barefoot to meet his childhood friend. The guard, although reluctant, goes and informs the lord.
Sudama requested the guards to at least inform Krishna that his friend Sudama has come to meet him. He reached the palace gates and was obstructed by the guards, who judged him by his torn dhoti and poor appearance. He was amazed at the gold that was used to build the city. So his wife borrows some rice from the neighbors to make some rice snacks that Krishna liked, and gave it to Sudama to take it to his friend. Sudama was reluctant to seek favors, but he also didn’t want his kids to suffer. One day, his wife suggested that he go and ask his friend Krishna for help. Most days, the kids wouldn’t even get enough to eat from what Sudama got as alms. He lead the life of a poor Brahmin man, living in a small hut with his wife and kids. While Krishna thrived and prospered, Sudama didn’t. Lord Krishna and Sudama were childhood friends. This section has fables and good short stories with morals for children, from different parts of the world. If you do cheat, you’ll pay for it soon enough. Realizing that he’s been tricked and taught his lesson, the man apologized and left. If not the water will belong to the owner of the well”. Remove the water or use it all up immediately. But if you have sold the water and the water is yours, then you have no business keeping your water in his well. To this, Birbal replied, “All that sounds fine to me.
The cunning man said the same thing again, “I sold the well, not the water. The emperor called the farmer and his neighbor and asked why the man was not letting the farmer draw water from the well. So he went to Birbal, a clever man and one of the nine courtiers of Emperor Akbar, for a solution. The distraught farmer didn’t know what to do. On asking why, he replied, “I sold the well to you, not the water”, and walked away. The neighbor was cunning, though, and refused to let the farmer take water from the well. The boasting traveler (Aesop’s fables)Ī farmer looking for a source of water for his farm bought a well from his neighbor.
You may be smart, but there are people smarter than you in the world.