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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