Losing hundred and being Compensated thousand
- There was a cruel king. He did not like to hear other people criticizing his fault. Whoever talked bad about him will be given a death penalty.
- One day, when the king heard about it.
He was a cruel king and did not manage the state affairs well.
- Who is the person who talk bad about me?
- The minister is the one who did it. I heard too.
- Catch him and bring him to me!
- Without inquiring into the case, he believed the insinuation of a court flatterer. The good minister was arrested.
- He ordered to have his backbone flayed and have his body cut to one hundred ounces of flesh as punishment.
- Your majesty, you’re wrongly accused him. He’s not the one who slandered you.
- The king regretted and got one thousand ounces of flesh to make up for what has been cut off from his body.
- What’s wrong with you? I have given you back ten times more than I had taken from you. Are you not satisfied with it? Why are you still moaning?
- Your majesty! If anyone cut your Majesty’s head and gave back one thousand other heads, could you Majesty keep out of the way of death? How could getting ten times of the flesh the minister relieve himself the pain?
Explanation:
So is the stupid man who is greedy for the present pleasure but not afraid of the consequence for the hereafter. He makes people around him miserable and puts them into requisition trying to make a fortune. On the other hand, he hopes to redeem his sins and obtain blessedness. This stupid man is just like the king who first flayed and punished someone and then tried to give him back the flesh. It is impossible that the pain can be eased! |