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By Kamlesh Tripathi
AN INTELLIGENT ENTERTAINER
‘Where will this road take me to?’ enquired a traveller from
a kid who was playing in a narrow lane. Kid replied, ‘excuse me this road will
not take you anywhere because it cannot walk.’ And after replying the kid again
started playing.
The traveller who
was, otherwise, an intelligent person got quite impressed by the logic of the kid.
And on probing he found that the parents of the child were very poor and were
even unable to provide him even with basic education. And having come to know about
this, the traveller was disappointed that a kid with such an unusual flare and talent
is not getting an opportunity to study and increase his skills. He decided to
help the kid, when he asked, ‘I want to teach you the secret of knowledge, so would
be interested in that. Kid replied, ‘Sir, if I have to pay you money in return
the answer is no because I don’t have money.
The traveller said, ‘to acquire knowledge
you don’t require money. All you need to do is visit the temple every night and
pray to God and you will be blessed with knowledge, and having said that, he
left.
The kid did exactly as he was told. And
happy with his prayers Ma Saraswati (Goddess of learning) gave him
darshan and granted him a vardan (blessing).
But the kid instead of asking what he wanted as a vardan, had a glimpse of Ma Saraswati
and started laughing. Ma Saraswati was
surprised at this when she asked, ‘instead of asking for a vardan what is it,
that you’re doing?’ The kid in a jovial tone replied, ‘Ma you know I have one nose and two hands. But when I catch cold,
and have a running nose, with both my hands I wipe my nose, and in the process
I get so tired and irritated. But you have many heads and so many hands. What will
happen, if you catch cold, for you will have nothing else to do, but to keep
wiping your nose and you will have no time for anything else because you have
so many noses. And, just thinking about this, I was laughing, and I’m so lucky
to have one nose only.
Ma Saraswati
too could not control herself and started laughing, because what the kid had said
was nothing else, but logic. Then Ma
Saraswati gave him the vardan to be happy, and also keep others happy, and
vanished.
This child later became the chief
entertainer in a King’s court. Many stories and episodes of him are heard even
today, and his power of logic, make others laugh.
The name of this kid was Tenaliram.
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