The king was in a good mood. He turned to the young minister and smiled and asked, “What is the greatest wish of your life?” The minister was embarrassed. He lowered his face. The king laughed and said, “Don’t be afraid. Just tell me the greatest wish of your life.” The minister knelt down and humbly said, “Your Majesty, you are the owner of the most beautiful kingdom in the world.” Whenever I see this kingdom, a desire arises in my heart. If I had a tenth of it, I would be the happiest person in the world.” The minister fell silent. The king laughed and said, “What if I gave you half of my kingdom?” The minister looked up in fear and humbly said, “How is this possible, King Salamat?”
How can I be so lucky?” The king immediately called the secretary and ordered him to write two orders. The king issued a decree to hand over half of his kingdom to the young minister through the first order. In the second order, the king ordered the minister to be beheaded. The minister was surprised by both orders. The king sealed the orders and looked the minister in the eyes and said, “You have thirty days. You have to find the answers to only three questions in these 30 days. If you succeed, my second order will be canceled and you will get half the kingdom. And if you fail, the first order will be considered rejected and your head will be cut off according to the second order.” The minister’s surprise turned into worry. The king then said, “Write my three questions.” The minister started writing. The king said, “What is the greatest truth in human life?” He paused and said, “The second question is, ‘What is the greatest deception in human life?'” He paused and then said, “The third question is, ‘What is the greatest weakness in human life?'” The king then struck the drum and said loudly, “Your time begins now.”
The minister picked up both the butterflies and ran from the court. That evening, he gathered intellectuals, writers, thinkers and intelligent people from all over the country and put the question in front of them. Intellectuals from all over the country debated all night but they could not develop any consensus on the first question. The minister increased the number of intellectuals the next day but the result was the same. He continued to increase the number of people in the coming days but could not get any satisfactory answer until he left the capital in despair. He raised the question and roamed the entire country but could not get any satisfactory answer.
He kept roaming around, sifting the dust from city to city and village to village. The royal robes were torn. The turban became loose and hung around his neck. The shoes were torn and the feet were blistered. Until the last day of the condition came. The next day he had to appear in the court. The minister was sure that this was the last day of his life. Tomorrow his neck would be cut and his body would be hung from the main bridge of the city. In despair, he reached the slum of the capital. At the end of the settlement was a beggar’s hut. He reached this hut by falling. The beggar was eating dry bread dipped in water. There was a bowl of milk next to it and the beggar’s dog was drinking milk with gurgling sounds. The beggar saw the minister’s condition, laughed and said, “Your Excellency! You have come to the right place. I have the answers to all three of your questions.” The minister looked at him in surprise and asked, “How did you guess who I am and what my problem is?” The beggar put the pieces of dry bread in the bag, smiled, picked up his sack and said to the minister, “This Look, you will understand.” The minister bent down and looked. Under the sack was a royal robe. This was the clothing that the king used to give to his closest ministers. The beggar said, “Your Highness, I was also a minister of this kingdom. I too once made the mistake of making a bet with the king like you. See the result for yourself.” The beggar then picked up a piece of dry bread and dipped it in water again and started eating it. The minister asked with a sad heart, “Were you also unable to find the answer?” The beggar laughed and replied, “My case was different from yours. I had found the answer. I told the king the answer. I tore the butterfly of half the kingdom. I saluted the king and came and sat in this hut. Both me and my dog are living a contented life.” The minister was surprised, but this was not the time to analyze the former minister’s stupidity. It was the time to find out the answer. So instead of becoming an anchor person, the minister became a complainant and asked the beggar. “Can you answer the questions for me?” The beggar nodded in agreement. “I will answer the first two questions for free, but you will have to pay for the third answer.” The minister had no option but to accept the condition. He immediately nodded in agreement. The beggar said, “The greatest truth in the world is death. No matter who a person is, no matter what he does, he cannot escape this truth.” He paused and said, “The greatest deception in human life is life. Every one of us falls into its deception by considering life eternal.” Both the beggar’s answers were undeniable. The minister was delighted. He now asked the beggar for the third answer. The beggar laughed. He picked up the bowl of milk from the dog’s front. He gave it to the minister and said, “I will not answer the third question until you drink this milk.” Sweat broke out on the minister’s forehead. He put the bowl on the ground in disgust. He would not let the dog’s shoe go at any cost. I didn’t want to drink the milk. The beggar shrugged his shoulders and said, “Okay, you have two options now. You either refuse and the royal executioner will cut off your head tomorrow, or you can drink this half-paw of milk.”And your life will also be saved and you will also become the owner of half the kingdom. In any case, you have to make the decision.” The minister was caught in a dilemma. On one side was life and half the kingdom and on the other side was a dog’s milk. He kept thinking and thinking until life and wealth won and self-respect was lost. The minister picked up the cup and drank the milk in one breath. The beggar laughed and said, “My child, the greatest weakness of a human being is greed. It forces him to drink even a dog’s milk. And this is the truth that forced me to tear off the royal passport and sit in this hut. I knew that the more I fall into the deception of life, the more I will forget the truth of death. And the more I forget death, the more I will sink into the swamp of greed and I will have to drink the dirty milk of greed every day to breathe in this swamp. Therefore, my My advice is, “Know these three facts of life. Your life will be good.” The minister, carrying the gift of shame, embarrassment, and self-pity, left the beggar’s hut and walked towards the palace. As he approached the palace, his sense of shame was increasing. The feeling of humiliation was growing within him. He reached the palace gate with this feeling. A terrible pain rose in his chest. He fell from his horse. He hiccupped for a long time and his soul flew out of the elemental cage………Live your life in such a way that time sets an example…..
