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There was one learned brahmana who knew so many languages. He came to a king's court and he spoke in so many languages that no-one could find out what was his language. He said, "If you can find out my language, then you are very clever." The king was so confused. "What is his language?" But the king had a joker in his court whose name was Tenalilam. He was from Tenali, a village in Andha Pradesa, and he was a very crooked cunning fellow. He said to the king, "Don't worry. Tonight I will find out what his language is." So the king said, "If you find that out I will give you a thousand gold coins." The joker said, "All right, I will find out." So then in the evening the pandita was walking in the garden. The joker had covered himself with a big blanket, and he sat on a tree. When the pandita walked below, the joker jumped on him. The pandita got a big fright. "Oh my God!" he exclaimed in the Keralan language. Thus his real language was revealed. MORAL: Philosophers may be speaking so much high philosophy, but then if they get emotional or angry, sometimes their real motive comes out.
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