Birbal was one of the Navaratnas at Akbar's court.Find out one incident where Birbal showed his intelligence and wit. Write them.
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As months passed, Akbar started to miss Birbal. He was struggling to solve many issues in the empire without Birbal’s advice. He regretted a decision, asking Birbal to leave the empire in anger. So Akbar sent his soldiers to find Birbal, but they failed to find him. No one knew where Birbal was. Akbar finally found a trick. He sent a message to the head of every village to send a pot full of the wit to the Emperor. If the pot full of wit can not be sent, fill the pot with diamonds and jewels.
This message also reached Birbal, who lived in one of the villages. The people of the village got together. All started talking about what to do now? The wit is not a thing, which can be filled in the pot. How will we arrange for diamonds and jewels to fill the pot and send to the Emperor? Birbal who was sitting among the villagers said, “Give me the pot, I will fill the wit in one month’s end”. Everyone trusted Birbal and agreed to give him a chance. They still didn’t know his identity.
Birbal took the pot with him and went back to the farm. He had planted watermelons on his farm. He selected a small watermelon and without cutting it from the plant, he put that in the pot. He started looking after it by providing water and fertilizer regularly. Within a few days, the watermelon grew into a pot so much that it was impossible to get it out of the pot.
Soon, the watermelon reached to the same size as the pot from inside. Birbal then cut the watermelon from the vine and separated it with the pot. Later, he sent a pot to Emperor Akbar with a message that “Please remove the wit without cutting it from the pot and without breaking the pot”.
Akbar watched the watermelon in the pot and realized that this can only be Birbal’s Work. Akbar himself came to the village, took Birbal back with him.
The story is written below:
Explanation:
Once upon a time during the rule of Akbar, a competition was held.
During the winters anyone who could survive one-night half immerse in a pond would be awarded with gold. Many people tried but could not complete as the weather was too cold.
Than finally a saint joined the competition. He went inside in the pond and stayed all night and completed the challenge. So the next day he was summoned to court and asked that how he could survive the cold weather. The saint said that he saw an earthen lamp burning and concentrated his conscience to it. In that way he was able to complete the challenge.
Hearing this ministers in the court argued that the saint cheated as took the heat from the lamp, which is not as per the rule and was denied the prize. The saint was disappointed and left the court. Looking at the saint leaving, the wisest minister in the Akbar's court Birbal, argued that it was injustice and left the court with the saint, promising him that the rewards will be his.
Many days have passed but there was no sign of Birbal in the court, so the Akbar inquired about him. Birbal said that he was cooking Khichdi and will be back once it is done. Days became months but Birbal didn't didn't attend the court, and every time when he was asked why he didn't attend the court, he replied that he is still cooking the Khichdi.
Akbar being curious about the whole situation, so he decided to visit Birbal and see what he really was up-to. So he reached Birbal's house he saw that the kitchen stove was set in one place while Birbal was cooking at another place. On seeing this Akbar laughed and asked Birbal, what he wants to prove as Akbar knows that such behavior of Birbal always have a hidden agenda.
Finally, Birbal said that as you can see that it is possible to cook if the fire is not properly placed on the pot as the pot would not heat up. Similarly, how would the saint capture the heat from a small earthen lamp. He also said that it was injustice to deprived him the reward he has earned rightfully.
Akbar understood the point made by Birbal, so he went to saint's house himself and gave him the rewards and asked his forgiveness for the mistake.
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