This story was told in Mahabharata .
Long ago , there lived a king . A daughter was his only child . He was worried that he is not having a son who can inherit his kingdom . To find a solution , he invited many great Vedic sages , served them and asked for their blessings .
Once Maharshi Narad was his guest . Pleased with king's prayers , Narad decided to grant him a boon . When asked , greedy king asked for a son who is smart , healthy and also his excreta like his tears , stools , sweat , urine , sputum and phlegm must be made of gold !!!
Like wise , a son was born to king . All excreta of prince's body was in gold . This resulted in high increase in the income of king . King was very happy .
Soon , the news spread everywhere . People thronged to palace to have the glimpse of Prince . Even the robbers learnt about this and they kidnapped the Prince . Soon their hideout also got filled with the golden excreta of Prince .
King had began searching for his son . Robbers realized that it is not safe to keep the Prince with them . They decided to kill the Prince and equally share the hidden gold of his dead body .
Eventually , they killed the Prince . But could not find anything from dead body . Thus , the greed of king cost him his son's life .
Long ago , there lived a king . A daughter was his only child . He was worried that he is not having a son who can inherit his kingdom . To find a solution , he invited many great Vedic sages , served them and asked for their blessings .
Once Maharshi Narad was his guest . Pleased with king's prayers , Narad decided to grant him a boon . When asked , greedy king asked for a son who is smart , healthy and also his excreta like his tears , stools , sweat , urine , sputum and phlegm must be made of gold !!!
Like wise , a son was born to king . All excreta of prince's body was in gold . This resulted in high increase in the income of king . King was very happy .
Soon , the news spread everywhere . People thronged to palace to have the glimpse of Prince . Even the robbers learnt about this and they kidnapped the Prince . Soon their hideout also got filled with the golden excreta of Prince .
King had began searching for his son . Robbers realized that it is not safe to keep the Prince with them . They decided to kill the Prince and equally share the hidden gold of his dead body .
Eventually , they killed the Prince . But could not find anything from dead body . Thus , the greed of king cost him his son's life .
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