Reading Week 7: Mahabharata Part D

Yay! A story that features an animal as an integral part of the story. This story features starvation and how a starving family gave all of their rations of food to feed their guest. Even a small child gave up her food to their starving guest. After that, the guest finally arose and made it apparent that it was Dharma. Because of the families' sacrifice, they were blessed from then on. The mongoose had warned the family, appearing as such: "A mongoose, half of whose body was golden, appeared and said, "Ye kings, this great sacrifice is not equal to a little measure of powdered barley given away by a liberal brahmin of Kurukshetra, who was observing the unccha vow." I think that I could effectively recreate this story as a tale of good faith and giving those what you do not necessarily have. I think this story tells a very valuable tale that could easily be adjusted into being a fable for children to digest and learn to give to those whenever possible.

Image information: Yudhishthira and the Mongoose.

Story Source: Yudhishthira and the Mongoose

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