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    King gifted Tenali Raman five elephants, which he could not afford to care for due to his large family and poverty. His wife complained that they could not feed themselves, let alone five elephants. Tenali dedicated the elephants to the goddess Kali and set them free, but they went hungry. When the king learned of their plight, he confronted Tenali. Tenali explained he could not refuse the gift but also could not care for elephants. He suggested cows would have been more useful. The king realized his mistake and instead gifted Tenali five cows that could provide milk to feed his family.

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    King gifted Tenali Raman five elephants, which he could not afford to care for due to his large family and poverty. His wife complained that they could not feed themselves, let alone five elephants. Tenali dedicated the elephants to the goddess Kali and set them free, but they went hungry. When the king learned of their plight, he confronted Tenali. Tenali explained he could not refuse the gift but also could not care for elephants. He suggested cows would have been more useful. The king realized his mistake and instead gifted Tenali five cows that could provide milk to feed his family.

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    King gifted Tenali Raman five elephants, which he could not afford to care for due to his large family and poverty. His wife complained that they could not feed themselves, let alone five elephants. Tenali dedicated the elephants to the goddess Kali and set them free, but they went hungry. When the king learned of their plight, he confronted Tenali. Tenali explained he could not refuse the gift but also could not care for elephants. He suggested cows would have been more useful. The king realized his mistake and instead gifted Tenali five cows that could provide milk to feed his family.

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    King gifted Tenali Raman five elephants, which he could not afford to care for due to his large family and poverty. His wife complained that they could not feed themselves, let alone five elephants. Tenali dedicated the elephants to the goddess Kali and set them free, but they went hungry. When the king learned of their plight, he confronted Tenali. Tenali explained he could not refuse the gift but also could not care for elephants. He suggested cows would have been more useful. The king realized his mistake and instead gifted Tenali five cows that could provide milk to feed his family.

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    TENALI RAMAN

    THE ROYAL GIFT

    Once king was pleased with tenali raman. So he gifted him


    with five elephants. Being a poor man tenali could not afford to
    take care of those huge animals. Tenali had a big family. He could
    not even feed five elephants.
    He took the elephants home. At home tenali’s wife grew angry
    and said “where will we get the money to feed them when we can’t
    even feed ourselves properly? I wish the king had gifted us 5 cows
    instead he of 5elephants. at least we could have used their milk for
    our children”. Tenali raman knew that his wife was correct but he
    had nothing to say. He got up and said’ “I ‘ll come back soon. I
    want to 1st dedicate these elephants to the name of goddess kali”.
    So tenali led the elephants to the kali temple and put the seal of
    goddess kali on their foreheads. Then he set them free to roam
    around the city. Some kind hearted people felt pity and fed the
    elephants. but most of the times the elephants went hungry.
    Soon they became weak . when the king came to know about
    the elephants plight, he summoned tenali to the royal court. The
    king angrily asked him ,”why did you treat those elephants so
    harshly?”
    Your majesty, I could not refuse the royal gift as it would have
    Meant going against the royal wish. But being a poor brahmin, I
    In family.” If your majesty would have gifted me with 5 cows
    instead of these 5 elephants at least I would have benefitted from
    them”.
    The king understand that he had made a mistake by gifting tenali 5
    elephants. he said, “will you mistreat the cows if I give them to you.
    No! No! never , your majesty ,cows are sacred animals. Moreover
    , the milk from the cows will be fed to my children and they’ll
    always thank you for such a useful royal gift”.
    So, the king ordered his guards to keep the 5 elephants and give 5
    cows to tenali raman. Thus, tenali raman took the 5 cows to home
    for his family.

    THANK YOU!!!

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