Friday, 22 March 2024

Panchatantra Story

 Once upon a time, the Lion became hungry and he said to the fox: '๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.'

The fox went to a donkey and said: '๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฒ.'
When the Lion saw the donkey, it attacked her, cutting off its ears, but the donkey managed to escape. The donkey said to the fox: '๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ! ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ!'
The fox said: '๐——๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜†! ๐—›๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ! ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ.'
It made sense to the donkey, so it went back. 
The Lion attacked the donkey again, this time cutting off its tail! The donkey escaped again, saying to the fox: '๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น !'
The fox said: '๐—›๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ! ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฒ.'
The fox convinced the donkey to return again.
This time, the Lion caught the donkey and killed it.
The Lion said to the fox: '๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†. ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ด๐—ผ, ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ !'
The fox skinned the donkey, and ate the donkeys brain, but brought back its lung, liver and heart to the Lion. The Lion became angry and asked: '๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป?!'
The fox replied: '๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚, even ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น.'

This is a Panchatantra story written hundreds of years ago, to warn  donkeys in India of what could lie ahead when they vote and could end up killed and eaten. 

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