The foolish price maker, in order to please the king, had previously priced the herd of horses at one cup ofrice. Now, after receiving a bribe from the horse dealer,he wanted to please him too. So he replied to the king, inhis most dignified manner, Your worship,one cup of rice is worth the city of Benares, including even your own harem, as well as all the suburbs of the city. In other words, it is worth the whole kingdom of Benares!
On hearing this, the royal ministers and wise men inthe assembly hall started to roar with laughter, slapping their sides with their hands. When they calmed down alittle, they said, Earlier we heard that the kingdom was priceless. Now we hear that all Benares, with its palaces and mansions, is worth only a cup of rice! The decision ofthe Royal Price Maker is so strange! Where did your highness find such a man? He is good only for pleasing aking such as you, not for making fair prices for a merchant who sells his horses from country to country.
Hearing the laughter of his whole court, and the words of his ministers and advisers, the king was ashamed.So he brought back his former price maker to his official position. He agreed to a new fair price for the herd of horses, as set by the honest price maker. Having learneda lesson, the king and his kingdom lived justly and prospered.
The moral is: A fool in high office can bring shame even to a king.
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