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This story revolves around four Brahmin friends – Som, Vesh, Jeevan, and Bud – who learn various skills from a sage. The tale highlights the importance of common sense over mere skill. Som can mend broken pots, Vesh can heal wounds, and Jeevan can reattach dead leaves. Bud, seemingly unskilled, possesses common sense. The friends decide to travel, and their skills are put to the test when they encounter lion bones. The story underscores that wisdom lies in thinking before acting, a lesson the three skilled Brahmins learn too late, while Bud's common sense saves him.
- Skills alone are not enough; common sense is crucial.
- Thinking before acting can prevent disastrous outcomes.
- True wisdom lies in the practical application of knowledge.
The story introduces four Brahmin friends: Som, Vesh, Jeevan, and Bud. They are students of a sage living in the forest. The sage emphasises that skills alone are insufficient; one must use them wisely. Each of them possesses unique skills: Som can mend broken pots, Vesh can heal wounds without touching, and Jeevan can reattach dead leaves to trees. Bud, however, doesn't seem to have any special skills, making him the butt of jokes among his friends.
Bud asks his teacher about the meaning of "common sense." The sage explains that common sense means thinking before acting. One day, Som, Vesh, and Jeevan decide to travel to gain more knowledge, considering their village too small for their ambitions. They initially plan to leave Bud behind, viewing him as useless, but Jeevan insists that they invite him along, as it is their duty to protect him.
The four Brahmins set out on their journey after receiving a reminder from their teacher to think before acting. During their travels, they come across a pile of bones. Bud identifies them as belonging to a lion. Som, Vesh, and Jeevan decide to test their skills on the bones. Som rearranges the bones into a lion's skeleton, and Vesh puts flesh, fur, and skin back onto the skeleton, creating a dead lion.
Jeevan boasts that he can bring the dead lion back to life. Bud, sensing danger, advises against it, but his friends dismiss him, questioning his skills and knowledge. Bud, remembering his teacher's words about common sense, asks permission to climb a tree before Jeevan proceeds, explaining that he wants to have a better view to decide who is the most learned and also save himself if something goes wrong.
Jeevan ignores Bud's warning and chants the words to bring the lion back to life. The lion awakens, hungry and angry, and attacks the three Brahmins, killing them one by one. Bud, safe in the tree, witnesses the tragic outcome. After the lion leaves, Bud climbs down and laments that his friends' lack of common sense led to their demise, reinforcing the sage's lesson about the importance of thinking before acting.
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0:00 [Music] the four brahmanas this is the story of four brahman friends som vaish jeevan and bud they lived together in a small village all four of them were the students of a sage who lived in the forest the sage was a simple but a very learned man the brahmins respected their teacher every day they would listen to their teacher very carefully [Music] my children anybody can become learned but skills alone will not take you anywhere
0:47 you have to learn to use it wisely and jeevan learnt many skills vesh could heal a wound without touching it some could mend a broken pot jeevan could take a fallen dead leaf and attach it back to the tree but bud was the slowest among all he could not do any of these things the three friends would always make jokes on good oh come on man [Music] but has learned a new skill he can talk to the broken pieces of a pot oh yes but the broken pieces have not
1:35 learned the skill to mend poor broken pot [Music] [Laughter] [Music] but bud never complained guruji what do you mean by common sense that's easy common sense is when we think before we act [Music] one day some vesh and jeevan decided to travel out of the village this village is too small we will never
2:22 be the most learned men if we live here for the rest of our lives we should travel to learn more i agree we have gathered all the skills we can now we should move on what about bud should we talk to him too oh he is stupid and useless he will only be a burden upon us no vesh we are stronger than him it is our duty to protect him we must invite him to come along with us [Music] they all gathered their clothes and food and prepared for their journey remember children a wise man always thinks before he acts
3:10 we will remember guruji we will remember garuji we will remember guruji the brahmins waved goodbye to their teacher after walking for half a day they were tired and wanted to rest let us eat our lunch here wise men always store their energies for coming adventures as they were about to sit on the rock but saw something lying on the ground what is that oh bud are you going to be afraid of a pile of bones now i wonder whose bones are these
3:56 i can guarantee you that these belong to a lion he must have died of hunger a lion yes look at the structure of these bones i am sure these are lions bones oh wait why don't i test my skills on him what a good way to practice i will rearrange this pile into a skeleton of a lion what before anybody could say anything some started to chant some words suddenly there was a bright light on the pile of bones and it was rearranged into a skeleton of a lion the three brothers were surprised see didn't i tell you you have to be as
4:43 learned as i am to do it you think your skill is the greatest i can put flesh back into this lion he will have fur skin nails teeth everything only in a few minutes nails teeth fish don't but fesh had stopped listening he was now chanting some words suddenly the skeleton had eyes skin fur nails and much more it was now a fully made lion lying dead on the ground isn't it beautiful it's scary why did you do that because only i can with my skill i can bring anything back
5:32 the lion had lost its skin and body i brought it back isn't this the greatest skill [Laughter] you think only you can bring something back don't you know what skill i have learned i can bring this dead lion back to life yes bud who do you think is the most learned then he can't decide just by your word steven do it and show him then he will decide who is the most learned i don't know about the most learned but i know who is the strongest the lion don't do this jimin please listen to me
6:19 uh while all my friends have tested their skills you don't want me to test mine would you call yourself a good friend vish was right we should have left you back in the village what garuchi had said you will teach us what guruji said you who never learned any skill you don't trust your friends do you you were right jeevan he has not learned a single skill how would he know the importance of practice but just because you don't have any skill to show us you don't want us to test ours you are jealous of us
7:04 oh i do have one skill which is enough to save my life [Music] common sense is when we think before we act oh don't be so angry my friends i will not stop you now but before you start let me climb onto a tree if the lion eats me how will i tell you who is the most learned one [Music] you are a coward you must brave any situation i will not lie to my friends but i can't fight a lion and i will have a better view from the tree i can then decide clearly who is the
7:50 most learned bud quickly climbed onto a nearby tree as jeevan started chanting some words within a few minutes a bright light appeared upon the dead lion and he opened his eyes the three brahmanas jumped happily they had now proved their skills but their smiles were soon gone the lion got up and roared angrily oh run the lion is alive save yourselves but the brahmins were so scared they could not move the hungry lion left on the brahmins at once the poor brahmanas could not do anything to save themselves
8:35 the lion ate all the three brahmins one by one bud was sitting on the tree watching everything after the lion left bud climbed down from the tree he saw that there were only bones left of his friend you were all learned but if only you had remembered guruji's last message you would not have met this fate remember children wise is the man who thinks before he acts [Music]
