Introducing the Famous and Inspiring Story, The Lazy Brahmin
Once upon a time, in a village, lived a Brahmin. He would wake up, bathe, perform his prayers, eat, and then fall asleep. He lacked nothing; a large field, a beautiful wife who cooked for him, and a happy family of two children. Despite all this, the Brahmin's family was greatly troubled by one thing: the Brahmin was extremely lazy. He did not do any work himself and spent his days sleeping. One day, hearing the children's noise, the Brahmin woke up and saw a holy sage standing at his doorstep. The Brahmin and his wife welcomed the sage, offering him food. After the meal, the Brahmin served the sage diligently.
The sage, pleased by their service, asked the Brahmin to ask for a blessing. The Brahmin wished for no work to be required of him, and for someone else to do his tasks. The sage granted him a genie, adding that the genie must be kept busy; if not, the genie would consume him. The Brahmin, overjoyed, respectfully bid farewell to the sage. Immediately, a genie materialized. Initially, the Brahmin was frightened, but the genie's request for work dispelled his fear. The Brahmin assigned the genie the task of plowing the field. The genie vanished, and the Brahmin was elated.
Soon, the genie returned, demanding more work. The Brahmin wondered how the genie could have plowed such a large field so quickly. Before he could finish his thoughts, the genie warned, "Tell me your next task, or I will consume you!" The Brahmin, frightened, ordered the genie to irrigate the fields. The genie disappeared and returned shortly, asking for further instructions. The Brahmin, one by one, assigned all the work on his farm to the genie, who effortlessly completed each task. The Brahmin's wife observed all this, growing concerned about her husband's laziness.
Before the evening, the genie had finished all the work. The genie then approached the Brahmin, demanding the next task or facing consumption. The Brahmin had exhausted all his potential tasks. Fear gripped him. Seeing her husband's distress, his wife pondered how to resolve the situation. She proposed to the Brahmin, "If you promise never to be lazy again and do all your work yourself, I will tell the genie what to do." The Brahmin, desperate to save himself, agreed. The wife then spoke to the genie, "We have a dog. Go and straighten his tail completely. Make sure it is perfectly straight."
The genie confidently said he would do it, and left. After countless attempts, he was unable to straighten the dog's tail and gave up. The genie departed from the Brahmin's house. From that day forward, the Brahmin abandoned his laziness and began doing all the work, and his family lived happily ever after.
This story teaches us: - We should never be lazy. Laziness can lead to trouble. Therefore, we should abandon laziness and do our own work.
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