story on chitragreeva and the doves
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The Hunter and the Doves
This is one more nice fable from the collection of Panchatantra. Once upon a time, there was a flock of doves that flew in search of food. This flock was led by their king. Once, it happened as such that the flock had flown a long distance and all the doves got tired. The king of doves encouraged the doves to fly a little more. One of the doves picked up pace and found some rice grains scattered under a banyan tree.
All the doves were happy to find the food and happily landed on the ground. As soon as they began to eat the grains, a huge net fall over them and all of them got trapped. The doves fluttered their wings desperately trying to come out, but it was of no avail. Just then, they saw the hunter coming towards them. He appeared quite happy to find a huge number of doves trapped inside the net. The whole flock was frightened on seeing the fowler.
However, the king of doves was very intelligent and clever. He didn’t loose his patience and devised a plan to come out from this adverse situation. He advised to other doves,” In order to get free from the net of this hunter, we should all fly up together clutching the net in our beaks. There is strength in unity. We will decide our next course of action later. Now, come on and let’s fly.”
Hearing to the king, each dove picked up a portion of the huge net and they flew up together, carrying the net with them. The hunter was surprised to see the birds flying, along with the huge net. He ran after the birds, shouting madly, but could not catch them. Soon, they flew high over hills and valleys getting out of his sight.
When the king dove saw that the hunter had given up the chase, he said to his friends, "Now we all have to get out of this net. A mouse lives on the nearby hill. He is good friend of mine. Let's go to him for his help." They flew to a hill near a city of temples where the mouse lived.
When the mouse heard the loud noise of doves’ approach, he got frightened and hid himself deeper into his hole. The King dove asked, “Dear friend, I have come, the king dove. We’re in great difficulty. Please come out and help us.” Hearing the voice of the king dove, the mouse came out of his hole and saw the king dove and his friends trapped in the net. The mouse said,” Oh! Who’s done all this to you? “
The king dove explained the whole story to the mouse. He told him that they require mouse’s help to nibble the net and set them free. The mouse immediately started nibbling the net around the king dove. The king dove said,” No, dear. First set my followers free. A king cannot keep his subjects in pain and enjoy the freedom for himself."
The mouse understood the king’s feelings and praised the king for his nobleness. As per the king’s wish, the mouse nibbled at the portion of the net and one by one all the doves got freed including the king dove. All the doves were happy to get free. They thanked the mouse for his effort and flew away together happily to their destination.
Moral: Strength lies in unity.
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The following story is taken from the second “Tantra” called “Mitrasamprapti of the Panchatantra and sheds light on the importance of friendship and Unity.
‘United we stand”
Here is a story extolling the virtues of a wise Pigeon King named Chitragreeva , who saves his subjects from a hunter by proposing that they tackle the problem unitedly.
‘Chitragreeva” ( name of the pigeon king) and his group of pigeons/doves were flying together in search of grain.
They had traveled long and hard looking for some grain, and finally one of pigeons spots a lot of grain scattered underneath a banyan tree.
“Chitragreeva” tries to caution his team of pigeons from flying down to the grain because it just didn’t seem right and could be trap.
But is team was tired and hungry, so they just flew down to eat the grain.
As “Chitragreeva’ suspected, it was no ordinary reason that there was so much grain scattered in plain sight, a hunter had set a trap for the birds.
As soon as the hunter sees all the doves he throws a net on them and is about to pick them all up,
The birds struggle only to get more entangled in the net. “Chitragreeva” asks his team to remain calm and do exactly as he says.
,He thinks fast and decides that the best way is for them to play dead. He whispers to his team to play dead, as the hunter comes to pick each bird from the net.
The hunter is surprised and puzzled when each time he tries to pick a bird from the net it looks dead.
He starts to wonder if the grain was poisoned. As he is thinking about it, “Chitragreeva’ asks his team to all flap their wings at once and fly away with the net. They do as they are told and their combined flying force making it easy for all of them to fly away with the net
The hunter chases after them shocked, and surprised at their cleverness and deception. but he is unable to catch them.
They fly away to a far of place where a Chitragreeva’s friend “Hiranyaka” the mouse lives.
When the Hiranyaka hears the loud noise of their approach, he goes into hiding. The dove king Chitragreeva gently calls out to him and then the mouse Hiranyaka realizes that it is friend Chitrsgreeva , he comes out.
Chitragreeva explains that he and his subjects had been caught in a trap and they need Hiranyaka’s help to gnaw at the net with his teeth and set them free.
Hiranyaka agrees and proceeds to free Chitragreeva the dove king first.
The Nobel king Chitragreeva insists that he Hiranyaka , the mouse, free his subjects first and himself last. The Hiranyaka understands and applauds the king's feelings and complies with his wishes. He begins to cut the net and one by one all the doves are freed, including his friend Chitragreeva, the dove/pigeon king.
All the doves are very happy to be free and thank Hiranyaka the Mouse and their king “Chitragreeva”, who tells them that it is always important to listen to words of wisdom and act with caution.
He also asks them to always remain united.
Because being United, they will always be able to fight their way out of adverse situations.