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  • 6/5/2025
This Panchatantra story tells of a poor old man who dreams of a fortune and chases an illusion. But what he finds is a deeper truth about greed and contentment. A timeless moral tale that shows that inner peace is richer than gold.

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📜 “True wealth lies not in gold, but in peace of mind.”

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00:00one day a poor man was wandering in a village in search of food he was extremely destitute
00:10wearing torn clothes weak and starving after much struggle a kind-hearted person took pity on him
00:18and gave him some food along with a pot of rice the poor man was overjoyed and took the pot home
00:26placing it beside his bed he thought i will not eat this rice now i will save it for later so that
00:34i don't go hungry again feeling relieved he lay down on his bed and slowly drifted off to sleep
00:43soon he started dreaming in his dream he saw i sold this rice and got some money with that money
00:53i bought a goat the goat grew up and gave birth to more goats then i bought a cow
01:01i sold the milk
01:05and became even richer after that i started a big business and became immensely wealthy
01:14as the dream continued he saw i am now so rich that even a princess wants to marry me
01:23i live in a grand palace surrounded by servants who attend to my every need
01:31just then in the dream he thought if anyone dares to disturb me i will strike them with a stick
01:39as he imagined this he unknowingly started moving his hands and legs in his sleep
01:48suddenly his foot kicked the pot beside him and it toppled over the rice spilled all over the ground
01:56startled he woke up and saw the mess in front of him
02:01his rice was gone and so was his dream of riches he sighed deeply and said ah dreaming of wealth is
02:13meaningless it is better to work hard in reality
02:19moral of the story just dreaming is not enough to achieve success one must work hard in real life
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