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Articles: Moral Stories | Panchatantra stories
- Mr. Siri Siri
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Once, a jackal named Gomayu felt very hungry and was roaming in the forest in search of food. Suddenly, he stumbled upon a battlefield where two armies were standing face to face ready for a war. Incidentally, a branch of a tree struck the drum that had fallen besides the tree and produced a loud noise. The noise frightened the jackal to the extent that he began to worry about his life. He thought 'Now, I think I'll be destroyed. Before the creature who is making such a loud noise sees me I should run away from here.'
Then a thought surpassed his mind that it is not right for him to abandon the forest where his ancestors had lived. So, Gomayu decided to investigate the cause of the noise first.
Very cautiously, Gomayu moved ahead. He went near the drum and curiously started playing it himself. He thought that he had got lot of food after many days. There would definitely be lot of flesh below the skin. Thinking this, he made a hole in the drum and entered it. But as the skin of the drum was torn apart, it appeared empty with no trace of flesh inside.
Moral-'Without proper knowledge, one should not be obsessed by anything merely listening to the sound. A king who does not lose courage while fighting a formidable enemy shall never lose.'
'That is why, we should first find out who was creating that loud sound. Please stay here until I get some information about the sound,' Damanak requested the lion and left. Pingalak thought that it wasn't good of him that he believed the jackal's words. Perhaps the jackal could be interested in befriending with the enemy and dethrone him. Thus thinking, Pingalak decided to follow the jackal and hide at some safer place in the forest to see its movements. Pingalak accordingly went and hid in the forest. In the meantime, Damanak also entered the forest and approached Sanjeevak. He was pleased to find that Sanjeevak was only a bull. Having learnt about the identity of the sound's source, Damanak thought: 'A king stricken with the crisis is always dependent on his ministers. Therefore, the ministers always pray and make sure that the king should always be in misery.'
Thinking this, Damanak went to Pingalak, who sat in front of him suppressing his fear. Pingalak asked: 'Have you seen the creature, Damanak?'
Damanak replied: 'Yes, your majesty, I have seen him and possibly he might have also seen you. But strong and superior people don't inflict pains on the weaker and may be that was the reason he did not hurt you.'
The gail does not uproot grass, which is tender and bent before the wind. Similarly, superior people with high thinking do possess humble nature. They show their bravery against stronger people.
Damanak said: 'You majesty, it is true that the creature is courageous as well as strong and that we are weak and feeble. But if the king wishes I could bring that creature in your service.'
Pingalak breathed a sigh of relief and asked: 'Is this really possible?' Damanak replied: 'Yes, it is possible to do anything with the help of intelligence.' It has also been said:
'It is easier to win a war with the help of intelligence rather than trying to win with physical might.'
Pingalak replied: 'If it is so, I appoint you at the post of minister right now and authorize you with the discretionary powers to punish and reward accordingly.'
After this, Damanak approached Sanjeevak and frightened him with the might of wild animals. He made friend with the bull and assured him that he would introduce him to Pingalak, the lion king. Damanak told Sanjeevak that it is in his best interest that he seek pardon from the king and earn his patronage. 'Do not waste your strength whimsically. I will accordingly become the minister of the state and then we both shall enjoy the comforts and luxuries of the royal court', Damanak coaxed the bull.
The person who is egoist and does not respect all people equally is degraded and suffers a fall in the position like Dantil though he may be honored by the king. Sanjeevak asked Damanak: 'How is that?' Damanak narrated the story of Dantil to Sanjeevak.
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