Question

Who narrated the story of the sage and the young man and to whom

Answer 1

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Explanation:

There was once a great sage whose name was Aruni. He was extremely sincere. He had studied the Vedas and he was well conversant with Vedic lore.

Aruni had a son named Shvetaketu. Shvetaketu had studied the Vedas under the direct guidance of his father during his early years and he had mastered the Vedas while he was still in his teens.

Shvetaketu was extremely proud of his knowledge. He challenged many Vedic scholars to contests of knowledge and defeated them all. Their pride had to kiss the dust. One day, Shvetaketu heard of a King who was great and powerful and at the same time was surcharged with inner knowledge. Shvetaketu thought that if he could defeat this king with his mental prowess, then he would get abundant wealth from the king.

The name of this great king was Prabahan and he ruled the land called Panchal. Shvetaketu went before the king and said, “King Prabahan, I have come to teach you the knowledge of God.”

The elderly king was amused and said to the young man, “Wonderful. You teach me. Let me ask you five questions. If you can answer these five questions, from your answers I will definitely get the knowledge of Brahman.”

Then Prabahan asked the first question, but Shvetaketu could not answer it. He asked the second question and Shvetaketu could not answer that one either. The fate of the proud youth was the same on the third, fourth and fifth questions, too. King Prabahan was wonderstruck. He had thought that most probably this young boy would not be able to answer one or two of the five questions, but he had not been able to answer a single one.

Shvetaketu’s pride was smashed. His fate was most deplorable. He became extremely angry with his father. He thought that his father had betrayed him by not teaching him everything about Brahman. He thought that since his father had taught him, he must know everything about Brahman. How was it then, that he could not answer these five questions?

Shvetaketu returned home, furious with his father and narrated the story of his humiliation. Then he accused his father, saying, “Father, you wanted me to be humiliated by the king.”

Aruni quietly asked his son what the questions were. When he heard the fi

Answer 2

Aruri narrated the story to his son Shvetaketu.

Explanation:

• There was a sage whose name was Aruri and he had great knowledge about Vedas and was an extremely sincere and serene person in his intellectualism.
• He inherited the knowledge about Vedas from his father who was a great scholar too.
• He had studied the Vedas in his teenage and had thoroughly embraced the Vedas within himself.
• He held many contests and defeated the scholars.