Tales from Panchatantra by Vishnu Sharma Series 4

From Various Sources

By: Anusha HS

Narrated by: Anusha HS

In South India, there was a city called Mahilaaropa. A king named Amara Shakthi was ruling the city of Mahilaaropa. He was very friendly with its citizens. He was a great visionary and a man of valor. The citizens of his kingdom were always happy. But the king himself was not happy. He had no contentment. Because that king had three sons who were very stupid.

The elder one was very stubborn. His name was Bahu Shakti. The second one was a shrewd fellow. His name was Ugrashakti. The third one was a wicked fellow who had inculcated only bad habits. His name was Ananta Shakti. Moreover, the three sons of the king were egoistic, as they were the sons of a king. Because of this, they did not obtain any knowledge or education. Though they were between 16 and 18 years of age, they did not know how to write. This is how they lived.

King Amara Shakti, being the father of those three princes, did not succeed in his attempt at making them knowledgeable and educating them, even though he tried his best. Because those three children of the king did not have any desire to get educated, they disrespected their guru, or teacher. So, all the gurus, or teachers, started rejecting the offer of teaching the three children of the king. Though they were young, they were slow, egoistic, and had inculcated bad habits.

As time passed, they grew like wild bulls. Hearing about the nature of the three princes, the kings belonging to the neighboring kingdoms hesitated in giving away their daughters to marriage. King Amara Shakti developed depression and lost his peace of mind. He struggled and trembled out of fear, thinking about his sons' futures.

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