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During the time of the British Raja, there was an old lady who lived in a remote village, and one day the British district magistrate visited her town. This old lady had been entangled in a quarrel regarding possession of land, which some of her relatives had been trying to take from her. Friends advised that she see the magistrate and present the matter to him for settlement. When she did so, the magistrate immediately ruled in her favour and made sure the land was put in her name. Delighted, the old lady attempted to bless the magistrate. "I bless you," she said, "that in your next life you will become a policeman." MORAL: The highest post that this woman was aware of was a policeman, so that was her blessing. She did not know that the district magistrate was a higher post. Similarly, caste brahmanas consider their caste to be superior to that of the Vaisnava community, but this is due to a poor fund of knowledge.
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