Delhi Sultan gave a grand welcome to the peace group led by
King Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar. War is devastating! The kings understood
this. So they called for a meeting of friendship. Everybody was happy. Poets,
intellectuals, ministers and singers formed the group for peace. Both the Kings
enjoyed the company of these aesthetic people. On listening to Mahabharat from
Vijaynagar group, Adil Sha, Delhi ’s
sultan, requested the poets to rewrite Mahabharat. It should project him as
hero. On listening to this strange wish, everybody got shocked. If King Krishna
Devaraya’s council would fail to rewrite Mahabharat, there might be a war again
resulting in loss and complete annihilation of peace and happiness of common
people on all sides.
Krishna Devaraya called an emergency meeting of the
ministers and asked for a solution. Nobody could offer any convincing
suggestion.
Tenali Raman stood up “Your majesty, I can take up the
matter to Sultan. But I will not tell anybody,
what I am going to discuss with Sultan. This is the only condition.”
There were skeptic murmurs among the ministers. One of the
ministers emphatically rebuked “Tenali, Do you know to whom you are going to
talk? Do you have any faint idea about the mood of Sultan Adil Sha? This is not
our court. No Jokes! We need to tackle the problem.” The final words were really
very harsh.
“Then.., Okay..Maharaj, I withdraw my proposal.” Tenali
Raman went back.
“Is there anybody to stop this nonsense?” King raised his
voice. But the reply was a stony silence. Again after a few minutes, the king turned
and spoke to Tenali “ Rama, we cannot and should not recreate Mahabharat. It is
sacred to us. Delhi
badsha’s unintentional request has landed us in trouble. I accept your condition. But convince
the Sultan about our inability.”
Next day sultan started asking King Krishna
about his becoming ‘Dharnmaraja of Mahabharat’.
Tenali Raman, very cleverly, began “ Maharaj, Our writers are at it in our building. However, because you are going to
be the hero of this new story, I expect you to give some suggestions.”
“ Come on, Tenali Ram, the joyous friend of King Krishna.
Ask me. I am here to explain anything to you; I just want to listen to the new
epic with my name in it.”
“Sure, Sultan, but I need a personal meeting with you.”
“It is granted, my dear friend. Let us go in to the room
near by.” Sultan moved very elatedly and quickly too.
Raman followed and watched till all the doors were closed.
“My dear friend, you are like our Birbal in wisdom… Throw out
your wild thoughts to me.”
“Sir, I have a strange query. Nobody knows what it is. Do
not mistake me. I am here to protect the honor of your Majesty.”
“Mmmmm.. go on. I’ll clear those doubts in a wink of time”
Words flew very confidently.
“Sir , you are right. You are the hero Dharmaraja in the
new story. Your friends are Bima, Arjun and other brothers. But who is
Draupathi? You know..all the five brothers were married to one lady.” This
reply came like a boom from a canon. The thought of Draupathi being wife of
five people, suddenly, sent shock waves in the mind of Sultan. His face went
pale being awakened to the stark truth. He took some time to think. In a low
voice he asked “Rama, Have you discussed this with anyone?”
“No, maharaj”
“ Then, keep quiet. No new Mahabharat. Forget about it. I
shudder at the thought of being Dharma or sharing life with other four.”
After a thoughtful mood “ Rama, I have to thank you that you did not open the subject publicly in
the court. Neither did you discuss this point with anybody. This is much
descent of you. Thank god! Let us go to the court...”
The court was in an expectation and wondering what might be
the outcome.
“My dear friends, let us move on to next phase of
discussion. Rewriting epic is just a small and a trivial point. Forget it. King
Krishna, you have a very clever thinking individual in Rama. You are lucky and
blessed to have such a great counsel in your court”
After successful talks, the delegation returned. Tenali
Raman was showered with open compliments
from both the kings in the court. Sultan Adil Sha praised “ King Krishna, you
have several great experts around you. I envy you. Above all you are complemented with Tenali Rama.
He is like a single bright rose which dwarfs other flowers in our Moghul garden.”
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Note:
Tenali did not open the subject very openly! A counsel or a
member of any team is to have this quality: Don’t openly discuss a negative point which you have to discuss in person.
Call the person and have an open discussion with him.
But like the kings in the story, let
us openly praise the deeds, achievements, greatness and wisdom of people. This
will motivate your team
Usage:
Compliment =
praise; Complement= an addition, a
perfection and completion.
President Obama heaped compliments on the
Asian contribution to the growth of The united States
A sweet ice cream is
a good complement to a satisfying meal.
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