Saturday, July 16, 2011

Who is the greatest donor ?

                                 Who is the greatest donor ?
Once Krishna and Arjuna were talking with each other. Then Krishna said " Karna is the greatest donor. I didn't see any other donor like him " and praised Karna. Hearing the praise of Karna , who is their rival in battle, Arjuna was unhappy. He asked Krishna what made him to think like that? Seeing Arjuna's responce , Krishna said he will conduct a test for both of them.
Krishna said he will build the mountains of gold and silver and both of them have to empty them before  evening by giving alms to people. Arjuna agreed. News given to Karna too. Krishna built fountains of gold and silver and asked Arjuna to fulfill his task.
Arjuna was ready. He asked the people of whole country that he is donating gold and silver. People rushed to the venue. The servants appointed by Arjuna were giving gold and silver to people who asked for them. But eventhough, this continued till evening, Arjuna was able to give half of the mountains of gold and silver. Arjuna said he could do only this much.
Now, its Karna's turn. He was confident and said he thinks these mountains will not fulfill the demands by people. Karna asked peple that he is donating gold and silver . People who wants them can come and take gold and silver as much as they want. Listening to this, people came near Karna. As everyone was seeing, the mountains of gold and silver have become empty in just half an hour. People were seen taking gold and silver to their relatives who were unable to come also.
By seeing this, Arjuna accepted his defeat and cursed his narrow mindedness.

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