On completing the story, Damanaka asked,
“O Karataka, tell me,
What is the moral of this story ?”
Karataka replied,
“I know Homo sapiens.
I have understood the moral of the story very well, and it is this –
If, like Homo sapiens, anyone endangers the life of one’s own mother, then , that will be one’s own end too.”
“Absolutely right”, said Damanaka,
“Times have changed, the Era has changed, but, the moral of the story has remained unchanged;
Because,
the behavior of Homo Sapiens too has remained unchanged.
This old tale is about Kalp-Vriksha, the Wish-fulfilling Tree.
One traveller, very tired from his journey, saw a tree and rested in its shed.
It was Kalp-Vriksha;
But the traveler did not know that.
The traveler thought,
‘I have
“O Karataka, tell me,
What is the moral of this story ?”
Karataka replied,
“I know Homo sapiens.
I have understood the moral of the story very well, and it is this –
If, like Homo sapiens, anyone endangers the life of one’s own mother, then , that will be one’s own end too.”
“Absolutely right”, said Damanaka,
“Times have changed, the Era has changed, but, the moral of the story has remained unchanged;
Because,
the behavior of Homo Sapiens too has remained unchanged.
This old tale is about Kalp-Vriksha, the Wish-fulfilling Tree.
One traveller, very tired from his journey, saw a tree and rested in its shed.
It was Kalp-Vriksha;
But the traveler did not know that.
The traveler thought,
‘I have