panchtantra

Silly monk and spieler

Once upon a time, there used to be a distinguished monk named Dev Sharma in a village temple. Everyone in the village respected him. He used to get various clothes, gifts, food items, and money from his devotees in charity. The monk had accumulated a lot of money by selling those clothes.

 

The monk never believed in anyone and was always concerned about the safety of his wealth. He used to keep his money in a bundle and always carried it with him.
A thug lived in the same village. He had been eyeing the money of the monk for a long time. The thug always followed the monk, but the monk never let the bundle separate from him.

 

Eventually, the thug disguised a student and went to the monk. He begged the monk to make him his disciple because he wanted to gain knowledge. The monk got ready and thus he stayed in the temple along with the thug monk. The thug used to do all the other things from cleaning the temple and the thug served the monk a lot and soon became his confidant.

 

One day the monk was invited to a nearby village for a ritual, the monk accepted that invitation and on a certain day the monk went out to participate in the ritual with his disciple. On the way, there was a river and the monk expressed his desire to bathe. He placed the bundle of money in a blanket and placed it on the bank of the river. He asked the thug to guard the goods and went to bathe himself. The thug had been waiting for this moment since. As soon as the monk went to take a dip in the river, he jumped with a bundle of money.

 

Moral: One should not believe a stranger by coming to the smooth talk.

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