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The Foolish Sage and The Jackal

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The Foolish Sage And The Jackal

n a monastery far away from human habitation lived a saint called Deva Sarma. He amassed a lot of wealth by sellingclothes gifted to him by well-wishers and disciples. It became a burden for him to guard that wealth. Since he did not trust anyone, he put all his money into a bag and carried it with him wherever he went. Ashadhabhooti, an experienced cheat, noticed Deva Sarma carrying his bag always with him and assuming that it certainly contained something valuable, began planning to snatch it from him. ne day, the cheat met the saint and promptly fell on his feet and said, ! h, "now-all, I have reali#ed that this life is an illusion$ youth is fleeting and all familial ties are li"e a dream. %lease show me the correct path that delivers me from all worldly ties.& %leased with his humility, Deva Sarma said, !'hild, you are the blessed one who has thought of renouncing worldly pleasures. (isten, however low his caste is, the person that chants ! m )amahsivayah* and smears holy ash on his forehead, becomes Siva himself and "nows no rebirth. I shall accept you as my prot+g+ but you must not enter the hermitage in the night because company is forbidden for saints. After initiation, you have to live in the hut at the entrance of the monastery.& Ashadhabhooti promised the saint that he would consider every sign from him as a command and carry it out. Satisfied, the saint accepted the cheat as his disciple. Ashadhabhooti too began ma"ing Deva Sarma

happy by attending to every need of his. ,ut seeing that the saint never separated the money-bag from his person, Ashadhabhooti thought, !the old man is very crafty and "eeps the bag always with him. How can I snatch it from him- Shall I "ill him-& As the cheat was at a loss to achieve his goal, the son of a disciple came calling on the sage. .he visitor invited Deva Sarma to come to his village and perform the sacred thread ceremony of his son. .he saint accepted the invitation and set out for the village ta"ing Ashadhabhooti with him. n the way, the guru and his disciple had to cross a river. After bathing in the river and wanting to rest for a while, Deva Sarma too" the money bag and pushed it into a /uilt he was carrying and told the disciple, !I have to respond to nature0s call. I am leaving this holy /uilt of Siva here. 1eep an eye on it.& .he moment the guru went out of his sight, Ashadhabhooti collected the bag and fled the place.

2ith great trust in his disciple, Deva Sarma decided to spend time by3oining a crowd watching two wellfed goats fighting ferociously. As blood was running down their heads, a 3ac"al came there to feast on the blood the two goats were shedding. Deva Sarma saw the 3ac"al entering the scene and thought that the 3ac"al would surely die caught between the two warring goats. His surmise came true and the 3ac"al died, gored by the two goats. ,rooding over the demise of the 3ac"al, Deva Sarma returned to where he had left the money-bag with Ashadhabhooti and panic"ed when he found Ashadhabhooti missing. .he holy /uilt was there but not the money-bag in it. He began wailing, ! h, tric"ster, what have you doneI have lost everything in this world.& After a vain search for the tric"ster, the foolish saint returned home de3ected. Damana"a as"ed 1arata"a, !2hat do you learn from this episode-& !4ou alone can tell me.& !.he sage and the 3ac"al have none to blame except themselves.&

!In a similar situation, what should we do-& Damana"a said, !4es, I "now what to do now. 2ith my cunning I will create a rift between "ing %ingala"a and San3eeva"a. Haven*t you heard that though you cannot subdue the enemy with a volley of arrows, you can destroy him by your wit-& !2ait,& said 1arata"a. !Suppose the lion "ing and the roving bulloc" come to "now of your plans to separate them, get ready to meet your end.& !5y friend, you are too pessimistic. 2hen time and tide are against you, don*t give up. 2ise men "eep on trying till they succeed in getting what they want. Haven*t you heard the elders saying-& !.he 6oddess of 2ealth favours the man who persists. %ray 6od by all means, but put in your own effort. 7ven if you don*t succeed, you will be free of blame.& 1arata"a was not convinced that Damana"a could create rift between the fierce lion "ing and the wise bulloc". Damana"a told him, !Here is how through cunning two crows, husband and wife, managed to save their children from a cobra. 7very time, the wife hatched the eggs, a cobra would come and feast on the offspring. .he couple as"ed a 3ac"al who was their friend to show them the way. .he 3ac"al told the crow not to despair for there is noting that a tric" cannot achieve. .hat is how a crab "illed a greedy crane that was preying on the fish in the la"e. .he female crow as"ed the 3ac"al how the crab had "illed the crane.& Damana"a then as"ed 1arata"a to listen to the story of the crane and the crab.

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