Foolish Sages and Swindlers | Panchatantra Story
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Once upon a time, a sage lived in a village temple. Everyone in the village respected him a lot. Everyone in the village donated clothes, gifts, food items, and money to that monk. The monk had accumulated a lot of money by selling those gifts.
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That monk was greedy and never trusted anyone; he was always worried about his money lest someone steal it. He always kept his money tied in a bundle and always carried it with him.
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A great thug also lived in the same village. For many days, his gaze was fixed on the monk’s money, and he was always plotting to defraud him. The thug always followed the sage in search of opportunity, but the sage never separated the bundle from him.
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One day, that thug got an idea: why not disguise himself as a student and go to the monk? He did so and, approaching the hermit, begged him to make him his disciple, as he wanted to gain knowledge. The monk thought for a while and then agreed to make him his disciple, and in this way, he disguised himself as a thug and stayed in the temple with the monk.
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The thug used to do everything right, from maintaining the cleanliness of the temple with his heart to serving the monk a lot when he had time, and he soon became the thug monk’s confidant.
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One day, some of the sadhu’s followers asked him to participate in a nearby village ceremony, and he agreed. On the fixed day, the sadhu set out with his thug disciple to participate in the ritual.
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When the monk was going to perform the rituals, a river came across the way. The monk thought he should take a bath before performing the rituals, thinking that the monk had expressed his desire to take a bath with his disciple. The monk kept the bundle of money on the bank of the river.
The monk asked the thug to guard his bundle and went to bathe himself. The thug had been waiting for this moment for a long time. As soon as the monk started bathing in the river, the thug ran away with the bundle of money.
When the sadhu came out of the bath and realized the truth, it was too late, and the sadhu sat there holding his head and got the biggest lesson of his life.
Lesson from the story: We should never get carried away by the smooth talk of any stranger.
Foolish Sages and Swindlers | Panchatantra Story
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