Tenaliram was a wizard in the courtroom of King Krishnadevrai of Vijayanagaram. He used advise the King in a witty manner and also used to solve some tricky issues coming in the courtroom, that too in a very witty manner.
Once a gentleman, named Atibuddhi, comes to the courtroom, claiming to be the master in every possible art, music, sport, literature and what not. He challenged the King that let anyone in your empire perform anything, which he can't perform. If Atibuddhi is defeated, he will give 10,000 gold coins to the person. But if Atibuddhi succeeds or if nobody challenges him, then the King will have to give him a surrender note in writing. In support of his statement, he showed lot many such surrender notes, taken from various kings.
In those days, giving such surrender note was considered to the most shameful and embarrassing for the King. The whole courtroom was tensed. Nobody was daring to challenge Atibuddhi as everybody was already knowing about him. The King was badly waiting for Tenaliram, who expected to come any moment. And Tenaliram arrives.
He listened to the challenge carefully and once again humbly asked Atibuddhi that he can be challenged for anything or not. Atibuddhi confirms that it can be any act in the world. Tenaliram asks him whether he would be able to do something with open eyes, which Tenali would be doing with closed eyes. This was apparently a very simple and easy challenge. Atibuddhi agreed for the same.
Tenaliram asked the servants to bring a bowl of fine sand. He picked a fistful of it, closed his eyes and emptied the fist on his eyes. Now it was Atibuddhi's turn. He realized that Tenaliram has outwitted him. He agreed that what Tenaliram did with closed eyes cannot be done with open eyes. He accepted his defeat, paid 10,000 gold coins to Tenaliram and went away.
Learning:
Never be complacent or overconfident about your capabilities and achievements. Every situation is a new situation. One must check all the possible angles of it, check whether all possible outcomes have been considered and then plan and act to deal with the situation. This will help is sorting out the situation successfully. Complacency will always let a person down.
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Once a gentleman, named Atibuddhi, comes to the courtroom, claiming to be the master in every possible art, music, sport, literature and what not. He challenged the King that let anyone in your empire perform anything, which he can't perform. If Atibuddhi is defeated, he will give 10,000 gold coins to the person. But if Atibuddhi succeeds or if nobody challenges him, then the King will have to give him a surrender note in writing. In support of his statement, he showed lot many such surrender notes, taken from various kings.
In those days, giving such surrender note was considered to the most shameful and embarrassing for the King. The whole courtroom was tensed. Nobody was daring to challenge Atibuddhi as everybody was already knowing about him. The King was badly waiting for Tenaliram, who expected to come any moment. And Tenaliram arrives.
He listened to the challenge carefully and once again humbly asked Atibuddhi that he can be challenged for anything or not. Atibuddhi confirms that it can be any act in the world. Tenaliram asks him whether he would be able to do something with open eyes, which Tenali would be doing with closed eyes. This was apparently a very simple and easy challenge. Atibuddhi agreed for the same.
Tenaliram asked the servants to bring a bowl of fine sand. He picked a fistful of it, closed his eyes and emptied the fist on his eyes. Now it was Atibuddhi's turn. He realized that Tenaliram has outwitted him. He agreed that what Tenaliram did with closed eyes cannot be done with open eyes. He accepted his defeat, paid 10,000 gold coins to Tenaliram and went away.
Learning:
Never be complacent or overconfident about your capabilities and achievements. Every situation is a new situation. One must check all the possible angles of it, check whether all possible outcomes have been considered and then plan and act to deal with the situation. This will help is sorting out the situation successfully. Complacency will always let a person down.
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