Akbar & Birbal · Sanskrit Story

The Greatest Warrior — Courage Over Strength

श्रेष्ठः योद्धा

अकबर-बीरबल-कथा — Classical Mughal Court Tale · Beginner Sanskrit

Moral · नीतिः

भयं जानन् यः युद्धं करोति — सः एव श्रेष्ठः धीरः।

bhayaṃ jānan yaḥ yuddhaṃ karoti — saḥ eva śreṣṭhaḥ dhīraḥ.

The one who knows fear and fights anyway — that is the truest brave.

The Great Debate in Court

एकदा राजसभायां विवादः जातः: "के श्रेष्ठाः योद्धारः?" सर्वे सैनिकाः स्वस्य नाम अवदन्।

One day a debate broke out in court: "Who are the greatest warriors?" Every soldier named himself.

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