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Once upon a me, in a city there lived a merchant Soulomon Patel! He isn't aware 'This merchant is a far-wi y
named '' Clever karma''. His overcrowded shop with a business tycoon and a world-trapper. He holds the whole world
brimming queue of customers made him very rich. He had in his ght catch. He is just out of limits for a villager like him'.
ini ally started the business at a very small scale on the
strength of loans. But slowly and gradually, he earned more Mr Patel walked in the merchant's shop and started
and more money, making himself wealthy and affluent. Right in some leisure talks with the merchant. When both burst into
the middle of the city, he erected a grand and charisma c laughter, he sought the opportunity and asked him in a
bungalow for him. Haughty “Clever karma”, intoxicated by the humorous tone, “Listen, Clever karma merchant! If you allow
pride of wealth, walked an inch above the ground. He used his me to take as much things as I can from your bungalow, shop
wealth-force to deceive and cheat others and in turn earn more
money. Now grabbed in the clutches of wealth, he lost the etc. from morning to evening, then I'm ready to do whatever
courage to safeguard the values and virtues. you say.”
Merchant said, “What are you saying, Mr Patel? Do you
Really, the craving for worldly pleasures makes a man
want to make me a beggar? A er you take away all my
weak and feeble. The madness for money and tempta on for
valuables, what would I be able to do!” Mr Patel ridiculed,
sensual pleasures like bungalow etc. makes him forget the
“What happened? You got afraid? The world calls you a super
prime and prominent duty of human life. Due to lack of
courage, he gets mesmerised and slipped in sensually wise person! Where has your wisdom escaped? Why did you
favourable condi ons. He becomes incapable of developing stop answering? Think for a way around. Say, what would you
the courage to follow virtues like abs nence, penance, like?” Merchant snapped back, “ Mr Soulomon Patel, is it so?
celibacy, noble character, truth, honesty etc. Then listen carefully, I accept it, but in return, you'll have to
stay here becoming my life-long slave with your family. Do you
Once, a Patel from a neighbouring village came to this
accept this?”
city. His name was 'Soulomon Patel'He roamed in this city and
For a moment, Mr Patel was taken aback, “What?
looked and gazed at various a rac ons of the market.
Lifelong slavery?” But immediately a consoling thought struck
Gradually, Mr Patel reached the city square and suddenly his
eyes went on the magnificent bungalow of Clever Karma to this worm of wealth. He thought “Once let me empty his
treasure and fill my house. A er that, let him make me his
merchant. “Oh!” he got astonished and amazed looking at the
fabulous beauty. In the mean me, chitcha ng with the city slave, I am ready to stay. But when he would be gasping for
folks, he heard some praises of Clever Karma “This great even a single morsel, then how would he be able to lend us
grandeur is the product and proof of his unusual skill and talent food and salary?
that made him swoop from 'rags' to 'riches'“Mr Patel then On the contrary, he'll have to beg from us. At that me, I
thought in his mind “Oh! Is that so? He is so clever and wise! Till would myself make him my slave because he won't be able to
ask me for my wealth. Because I alone would be his slave, not
now he fooled many, but today I'll trick him and show my
my wealth.”
might” See the des of thoughts arising in the mind-sea of Mr
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