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Birbal the wise man: THE TALES OF AKBAR BIRBAL
It was winter. Every one of the lakes are frozen.
At court, Akbar asked Birbal, "Let me know Birbal! Will a man do anything for cash?"
Birbal answered, 'Yes'.
The emperor asked Birbal to demonstrate it.
The following day Birbal came to the court with an unfortunate Brahmin who had just a paisa left with him. His family was starving. Birbal let the ruler know that a Brahmin would do anything for cash.
The lord requested the Brahmin to go through the night in a frozen lake, if he does that successfully he will be awarded with the cash.
The unfortunate Brahmin had no way out. He remained in the lake shuddering throughout the evening.
The following day he got back to the Durbar to accept his award.
Akbar asked, "Tell me, Oh Brahmin! How is it that you could bear the outrageous temperature the entire evening?"
The blameless Brahmin said, "I saw a weak glint of light a kilometer away and I persevered through that beam of light."
Akbar would not pay his gift saying that the Brahmin got warmth from the light and got through the cold and that it was misrepresentation.
The Brahmin couldn't argue with him and returned gloomy and with basically nothing.
Birbal attempted to clarify for the ruler, however Akbar couldn't care less about to pay attention to him.
From that point forward, Birbal quit coming to the Durbar and sent a courier to the ruler saying that he would come to the court solely after cooking his kichidi.
Following 5 days Birbal didn't come, the ruler himself went to Birbal's home to see what he was doing. Birbal got the fire going and kept the pot of uncooked khichdi a meter away from it.
Akbar asked him, "How might you cook khichdi with a fire one meter away? What befell you, Birbal?"
Birbal, cooking the khichdi, said, "O extraordinary Raja Akbar, when it is feasible for an individual to move heat from light a kilometer away, the wellspring of intensity is just a meter away from this khichdi, to cook it."
Akbar understood his mix-up. He called the unfortunate Brahmin and skilled him 2000 gold coins.