Krishna Katha - Story for meditation 18/03/2011 - GOPAL WRITES A MAHABHARATA

GOPAL WRITES A MAHABHARATA

There was one Gopal Ban.  He was a very cunning fellow in the Mohammedan period
in Bengal.  So the Mohammedan Nawab asked him, "Gopal Ban, can you prepare a
Mahabharata in my name?"  "Oh yes!" Gopal replied.  "I'll engage so many
panditas, and they will make a Mahabharata describing your activities, your
glories, everything.  So give me one hundred thousand rupees, just to begin."
Gopal was taking more and more money.  Then the king asked him, "When will it be
published?"  "Just a few days more," Gopal replied.  Then finally, "Yes sit,
everything is prepared.  But one last thing is, you have to give me information
about how many husbands your wife has got.  How many?"  So this was a great
insult.  "What?  You nonsense!" the king exclaimed.  "No," Gopal replied, "This
is the main feature of the Mahabharata.  Draupadi had five husbands, so how many
husbands does your wife have?  Tell me that."  "I am the only husband!" the king
shouted.  "Then how can I write Mahabharata?" Gopala asked.  "If you want
Mahabharata you must tell me how many husbands your wife has.  That he cannot
say, so Mahabharata finished.  And he kept the money.

MORAL:  So scientists are doing like that.  They are taking taxpayer's money,
but then in the end they make up some excuse why they couldn't do it.
Politicians take votes and make so many promises, but in the end they break all
their promises.

PS: I humbly request all the devotees to please forward moral / instructive stories they hear so that everyone can be benefited.