Akbar & Birbal · Sanskrit Story
Birbal Goes to Heaven — The Smartest Trick
बीरबलः स्वर्गं गच्छति
अकबर-बीरबल-कथा — Classical Mughal Court Tale · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
दुष्टस्य षड्यन्त्रं दुष्टस्य एव नाशाय।
duṣṭasya ṣaḍyantraṃ duṣṭasya eva nāśāya.
“A wicked plot is ultimately the ruin of its own plotter.”
The Jealous Barber
राजस्य नापितः ईर्ष्यालुः आसीत्। सः बीरबलस्य प्रसिद्धिं सहितुं न अशक्नोत्।
The King's barber was a jealous man. He could not bear Birbal's fame.
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