Thenali Raman story 17:Battle of wits

An extraordinary savant came to Vijayanagara. He had aced every one of the sacred writings, and had won the reverence of scholarly men all finished India. He had come to challenge the intellectuals in the court of King Krishnadeva Raya to confront him in an open deliberation.

The researchers in Vijayanagara were hesitant to confront this savant. They believed they were no match to the savant in grant. Be that as it may, the King would be irritated on the off chance that they declined to acknowledge the test. One of them stated, "Let us address Raman. Without a doubt, he will discover an answer."

The intellectuals approached Raman, and clarified the circumstance. Raman guaranteed them that he could go up against the challenger. "For one day, you should acknowledge me as the Chief Pundit," he said. Alternate savants promptly concurred.

The following day, the savants conveyed Raman in a palanquin to the castle lobby. Raman and the challenger sat confronting each other. Two savants conveying a gigantic package wrapped in smooth fabric entered the lobby. They put the package by Raman and bowed to him.

The following day, the intellectuals conveyed Raman in a palanquin to the royal residence lobby.

Raman put his hand on the package alongside him.

"We can start the open deliberation talking about the benefits of tila-kashta-mahisha-bandhana," said Raman.

The other savant was shocked. He had perused a large number of academic works in Sanskrit. Be that as it may, he had never known about this work said by Raman. In the event that he had not perused anything about it, how might he examine the benefits of this work?

The intellectual yielded vanquish and unobtrusively left the royal residence.

The King was interested to comprehend what incredible work Raman had alluded to. Raman evacuated the silk material uncovering a colossal heap of sticks tied with a thick rope! The King glared and requested that Raman clarify.

"Maharaj, til is mustard; kashta is stick, tilakashta implies sticks of mustard plants," clarified Raman.

At that point, showing the rope Raman stated, "This is rope used to tie up a buffalo — mahisha implies wild ox, bandhana implies the rope utilized for tying — so, this is tila-kashta-mahisha-bandhana"

The lord burst out snickering.

The poor intellectual had become terrified when he heard such a convoluted name! Raman had spared the respect of Vijayanagara by his mind. The ruler lavishly compensated Raman.

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