The Brahmin’s Dream (Panchatantra Stories In English)

The Brahmin’s Dream – Panchatantra Stories In English

The Brahmin’s Dream: Once upon a time, there was a village named, Kalikapur where lived a poor Brahmin. He leads his life by begging from morning to night.

The Brahmin lived in a small hut and there was a bed, which was the only furniture in his hut. He begged from door to door, and then he got some food for money to live his life.

He had no relatives, so he lived alone in his hut. Not only that, but he also had no friends, so he could not talk to others about anything. Hence, he always talks to himself in his mind, thus it became his habit.

Every day in the morning time he stepped out of his hut and started begging and when he got some food then he collect the in a pot of clay.

After begging in the morning time he ate some food as lunch which he already got by begging and extra or remaining food is kept in a clay pot and hanging it into the wall around his bed.

The time was flying, and the Brahmin spend his life sleeping, begging, eating, and repeating. It was the short life cycle of that poor Brahman.

Though the Brahmin was stable enough to do any work, he did not do any work or any other profession, as he got enough food and money from begging.

One day the Brahman was begging in the house of a farmer, and it was sunset time. The farmer gave him a full bowl of flour. The Brahmin thought that is enough, and it can be used for at least one week for one person.

On another side, the Brahmin could not consume in one day and also could not consume in raw form. So there was no other way to consume it instantly. Hence, he started his journey towards his hut.

After reaching home, the Brahmin cooked the bread with that flour for his dinner and the remaining flour was kept in a clay pot beside his bed in a hanging position.

After completing the dinner, the brahmin laid down on his bed.  After half an hour of laying down, The Brahmin fell into a deep sleep and started to dream. A lot of interesting incidents happened in his dream.

He dreamt that drought came into their village and thus a lack of grains and food occur in the village. The villagers could not afford minimum food to lead their life.

The villagers were suffering from malnutrition. He also saw that in that time he sold the full bowl of flour and get enough money, so he became very happy.

After getting that amount of money, the brahmin tried to increase the amount anyhow. So he bought two goats with that amount of money.

Then he takes care of his two goats and gave them healthy food like husk, grass, etc. every day. Thus, the goat become healthy when the Brahmin observed that the goat become healthy, then he thought that maybe that was the right time to sell that pair of goats for a profitable amount.

So he did an excellent job according to his thought, he vends his goats and got a handsome amount.

When he got handsome money to vend The goats, then he thought that this amount of money is enough for buying a pair of cows. So he bought two cows from the market and take care of that cow providing healthy food in a daily basis.

Thus, one pair of cows started growing very quickly, and they also became very healthy too. Thus, the cows were also able to produce enough amount of milk every day. The Brahmin collected the milk and then sold it in the local market. After the increase in milk production, The Brahmin started to make curd, cottage cheese, butter, etc., and then he sold it from door to door.

Thus, he gains a lot of money and thought he couldn’t sell the milk products’ door to door, so he opened a new shop to sell the milk and milk-based products.

He dreamt that he became very rich by selling milk-based products thus he got enough money, then he thought it is the right time to marry and increase his family. According to his plan, he marries a beautiful lady and spends their life so happily.

After his marriage he spent his life very happily with his beautiful wife, then he thought that it is time to make proper family planning. So, he also dreamt that his wife becomes pregnant soon, and naturally, after a few days, he became a father.

After becoming the father of a son, he again dreamt that he became the father of his younger son too.

Everything was alright till then, but suddenly he saw in his dream that his two sons became very naughty. They’re always arguing with each other.

To see them arguing with each other the Brahmin became very angry, and then he took a stick which was kept beside his pillow in the bed and started to hit his sons. But unfortunately, he hit the clay pot where he kept the remaining flour and that was hanging beside his bed.

Thus, the clay pot broke, and the flour spilled over his whole body. Thus, his dream and the Brahmin woke up, and he realises that everything that happened previously was a dream.  Thus, he became very downcast.

So, the story of ‘The Brahmin’s Dream’ ends here. Let’s know the moral of this story. What do we learn from “The Panchatantra story of The Brahmin’s Dream”?