How did the Guru change his mind about the execution ? (In the story the kingdom of fools)
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In the Kingdom of Fools
How did the Guru change his mind about the execution ? (In the story the kingdom of fools)
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- The given question is taken from A.k. Ramanujan's folktake 'In the Kingdom of Fools'
- The Guru came to save his disciple from the execution place because his disciple was fat enough and fit for stake.
- First he scolded him and told him something in a whisper which was a plan for foolish king and his minister.
- He asked the king who who is greater. The king replied obviously it is the guru.
- So the guru demanded to the king to put his disciple to death after him and got into a fight. The king did not understand and asked them why they want to go first. The clever guru replied "whoever dies on it first will be reborn as the king of this and next will be the future minister of the country."
- The ignorant king fell into deep thought about his misfortune. At night the king and his minister secretly released them and disguisly went for execution. Thus the Guru changed his mind about the execution.
- Here his refered to the king.
It was the Guru’s wisdom and street-smartness that brought about a dramatic turn from execution to the seat of minster. In the king’s court he whispered something into his ear. Then the guru and disciple acted wonderfully and convinced the king that the person who would be executed first would become the king of the kingdom in the next birth and the person who would be executed the second, would be the minister of the kingdom.
The king needed some time to think. He wanted to be the king of his kingdom in the next birth also. He wanted his foolish minister to be his minster in the next birth too. So he decided himself and his minister to be executed. He ordered the guru and the disciple to be executed. But at night he freed the guru and his disciple and put their clothes on. King’s men executed the king and the minster considering them to be the guru and the disciple. They came to know this truth when their bodies were being disposed of.
At the end the people of kingdom of fools requested the Guru to become the king and the disciple to become the minister. After becoming the king, the Guru changed all the silly laws and made it a good kingdom.