Blend of Light and Shadow:
After a few days, Akbar realized his mistake. He started missing Birbal. He ordered his spies to search for him but all in vain. Finally, he made an announcement that he wanted the royal water pool to get married. For this purpose, the chiefs of all the villages were required to assemble in the court along with the “eligible bachelor ponds” of their villages. But the condition was that the chiefs should fetch a blend of light and shadow with themselves.
One day, Akbar was sitting along in his royal chamber. He was in a bad temper. That very moment Birbal arrived there. Being a humorous person, he cracked some joke which Akbar did not like.
He bluntly said to his brightest gem, “Birbal! Don’t you have any other work besides cracking these stupid jokes?”
Birbal was extremely surprised at such an odd behavior of the king. He still tried to talk to him.
But, Akbar said, “You just go away from here, Birbal. I don’t want to see your face ever in this court.”
Birbal was deeply hurt. He was too self-esteemed to remain in that kingdom after such an insult. He left the kingdom and took refuge in a remote village named Gokulpura. Nobody knew him in that village.
After a few days, Akbar realized his mistake. He started missing Birbal. He ordered his spies to search for him but all in vain. Finally, he made an announcement that he wanted the royal water pool to get married. For this purpose, the chiefs of all the villages were required to assemble in the court along with the “eligible bachelor ponds” of their villages. But the condition was that the chiefs should fetch a blend of light and shadow with themselves.
The chiefs were utterly astonished at such a condition. Bound by the royal orders, they all assembled in the court but without fulfilling the required conditions.
The king fined all of them. Suddenly, his eyes fell upon the chief of Gokulpura. He was carrying a worn-out cot on his head. “Hey, what’s this?” asked Akbar with a smile.
“Your Majesty, this is a blend of light and shadow,” the chief chuckled, “See, this cot is torn from many places. The holes in it are filtering the sunrays which is giving a partially dark effect.”
The king laughed and said, “That’s a good one. Now, tell me where is your pond, the bridegroom-to be.”
“Your Majesty, he has arrived in your kingdom. He is waiting for his bride to come and welcome him,” said the chief of Gokulpura. Now, Akbar understood the whole matter.
He was wondering how could the innocent chief of a village think so cleverly.
He asked him, “Just tell me one thing, who gave you these ideas?”
“Your Majesty,” replied the chief, “There is a person called Ramdas He has just shifted in our village. He suggested me all this.”
Akbar understood that Ramdas was Birbal himself in disguise. He requested the chief to take him to ‘Ramdas’. The chief did so. As soon as Akbar meet Birbal, he embraced him and apologized for his mistake. Birbal too was waiting to return back to the service of his dear king. Within no time, he cast off his disguise.
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