This is a story from Mhabharata .Epic of Mahabharata is the story of 2 sets of cousins. This is the largest poetry in the world. There are multiple characters in the story . The Pandawas are 5 and kaurawas are 100 in number. So this is the story when the Pandawas did ASHWAMEDH YADNYA. In this Yadnys a horse goes through various kingdoms and if any king stops it,that is considered as a challenge for the war .So this horse went through various kingdoms and finally came back to Hastinapoor , the home for Pandawas . So they were considered conqueror and victorious . So at the end they did the YADNYA . After the religious ceremony the KING in this case the Dharmaraj donated lots of gifts to many people .He was sitting with his brothers and Lord Krishna .
The Pandawas started thinking that they are the greatest in Bharat.But on top of that they GREATEST IN DOING THE CHARITY. . The Krishna was sitting there and could read the mind and so he knew that Pandawas were thinking too much of themselves. So he decided to teach them a lesion .
As the thought was crossing the minds of Pandawas,a otter appeared . The interesting part about the otter was that it had half of it's side Golden and half was black , It came in and directly went to the ashes of the Yadnya . It did not go to the food around . It went in and rolled over in the ashes . and then turned back and looked at the body and spoke that 'there is no one as charitable as BRAHMAN as KAPOTI.' The Pandawas were shocked and surprised . Here they had conquered the entire Bharata and done the biggest Yadnya and done so much donations and charity and this otter is stating that this Kapoti , that no one has heard about, is the greatest.So Dharmaraj asked the otter as to who is this Kapoti and what did he do to be considered greatest."
The otter answered and told the story . Many years ago there was a drought and food supple was not great . There lived a Brahmin named Kapoti . He had a wife and a son and daughter in law. They had not had any food for 3 days and then he got some corn . So he got it home and the wife cooked it and then they divided in to 4 parts and they sat to start the dinner. At that time there was a knock on the door and there was guest standing in the door . So he was invited in the house . He stated that he was hungry . So the Brahmin gave him his portion of the food . He was still hungry . So the wife offered her part , He was still still hungry and so the son and then the daughter in law gave him their portions of the food . The guest was happy and he blessed them and left . At that time the otter came in and there were some grain crumbs on the floor .It rolled in it and when he looked at his body , the side that had touched the crumbs had become golden in color . All 4 dies due to starvation ,.The otter continued , 'Since then I am going from one place to other , one Yadnya to other in search of something that would make my other side golden too . I had heard about your charity and came with great hope . But I have to leave with great disappointment 'saying so the otter left .
So the moral of the story is there is a difference in the the charities . When I donate after I have enjoyed full meals and having enough in bank for me and my family is different than one which is done by someone when he has barely enough for him and his family or none . In case of Kapoti the sacrifice was not of meals only but his and his entire family's life and that is far superior to the charity done by th Pandawa king .
The Pandawas started thinking that they are the greatest in Bharat.But on top of that they GREATEST IN DOING THE CHARITY. . The Krishna was sitting there and could read the mind and so he knew that Pandawas were thinking too much of themselves. So he decided to teach them a lesion .
As the thought was crossing the minds of Pandawas,a otter appeared . The interesting part about the otter was that it had half of it's side Golden and half was black , It came in and directly went to the ashes of the Yadnya . It did not go to the food around . It went in and rolled over in the ashes . and then turned back and looked at the body and spoke that 'there is no one as charitable as BRAHMAN as KAPOTI.' The Pandawas were shocked and surprised . Here they had conquered the entire Bharata and done the biggest Yadnya and done so much donations and charity and this otter is stating that this Kapoti , that no one has heard about, is the greatest.So Dharmaraj asked the otter as to who is this Kapoti and what did he do to be considered greatest."
The otter answered and told the story . Many years ago there was a drought and food supple was not great . There lived a Brahmin named Kapoti . He had a wife and a son and daughter in law. They had not had any food for 3 days and then he got some corn . So he got it home and the wife cooked it and then they divided in to 4 parts and they sat to start the dinner. At that time there was a knock on the door and there was guest standing in the door . So he was invited in the house . He stated that he was hungry . So the Brahmin gave him his portion of the food . He was still hungry . So the wife offered her part , He was still still hungry and so the son and then the daughter in law gave him their portions of the food . The guest was happy and he blessed them and left . At that time the otter came in and there were some grain crumbs on the floor .It rolled in it and when he looked at his body , the side that had touched the crumbs had become golden in color . All 4 dies due to starvation ,.The otter continued , 'Since then I am going from one place to other , one Yadnya to other in search of something that would make my other side golden too . I had heard about your charity and came with great hope . But I have to leave with great disappointment 'saying so the otter left .
So the moral of the story is there is a difference in the the charities . When I donate after I have enjoyed full meals and having enough in bank for me and my family is different than one which is done by someone when he has barely enough for him and his family or none . In case of Kapoti the sacrifice was not of meals only but his and his entire family's life and that is far superior to the charity done by th Pandawa king .
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