Many rabbits live in a garden. The name of the king of rabbits is Sasivadana. Adjacent to the rabbit habitat is a beautiful pond. Its water is very sweet. Knowing this, a herd of elephants came from somewhere and started drinking the water of the lake. Several hares fell under the feet of the herd of elephants. Sasivadana, the king of rabbits, was very saddened to know about this accident. In this matter, the king of rabbits Sasivadana organized a meeting with his companions and suggested, “Friends! Every day many rabbits are being crushed under the feet of elephants. If this continues for some time, our race will become extinct. Therefore, we should save the lives of remote foxes without roaming freely wherever they fall.” Anyway, the elephants thought of a good idea. Sasivadana thought to save his race from.
The elephants were so strong that the rabbits could not deal with them. No matter how many precautions are taken, baby rabbits are crushed under the feet of elephants every day. One day when it got dark, a herd of elephants came to the pond. At that time the rabbit king Sasivadana was standing there with his followers holding flowers and fruits. The elephants did not understand why the rabbits were standing there. Sasivadana, the king of rabbits, said that he had never seen elephants, “Who are you?” He asked. Hearing this question, the king of elephants got angry. “Don’t you know who we are? We are the kings of this forest. My name is Gajaraju,” said the king of elephants.
At those words, Sasivadana put on a pitiful face and said, “Sir! You are Gajaraja. Yesterday, our king Chandra God appeared in a dream and told him many things. He said that if you come near this lake and harm the lives of the rabbits, you will have to face dire consequences. You are acting on your will at this pond. He said that the children of rabbits are being crushed under your feet, and for that our moon king is coming here at this time to punish you. Therefore we are all standing here with flowers and fruits to welcome our king,” said the rabbit king Sasivadana. The elephant king was extremely angry at those words. “Where is your king?” He asked angrily. Sasivadana replied, “Gajaraja! My king will not stay in this world like you. He will stay in Indra’s pool. After a while, he will come into this pool and be seen by all, see.”
As it was a full moon that day, a full moon appeared in the sky. Its reflection was clearly visible in the still water of the pond. As the moon had just risen, it appeared in red color. The rabbit king showed the red moon to the elephant king and said, “Look, Gajaraja! This is our king. Look how red his face is with anger at you. Our king, burning with anger, wants to capture you with his weapons.” “If you touch this water, I will see what your moon god will do,” said the elephant, without moving, she dipped her trunk in the still water and poured some water over her body. My Chandra God got angry,” said the rabbit. Hearing those words, Gajaraj backed away. “Friend! All these days we made a mistake by not knowing something. From today we will not harm any of you. Please calm down your king and tell him to forgive us,” prayed Gajaraja. The rabbit king Sasivadana was happy in his mind as his trick succeeded. “I will tell my king as you say. All of you move away from the pond,” said the rabbit king.
As Sasivadana said, the elephants went away and stopped. The rabbit king pretended to talk to the moon for a while and came to the elephant king. “All of you must leave this forest and go away. My king’s anger will subside if you promise not to come to this lake to drink water,” said Sasivadana. Gajara agreed. After a while the moon changed from red color to white color and started pouring fine moons. The reflection of the moon was clearly visible to Gajaraja as the water in the pond remained still. “Did you see, Gajaraja! Our king was pleased with your promise. Shashanku showed the reflection of the moon, saying, “It has changed from a furious red color to a peaceful white color.” Gajaraja bowed to the reflection of the moon with his trunk and left with his fellow elephants. The rabbits were saved from danger by Shashanku’s trick. They continued to live comfortably.
MORAL : If there is no physical strength but intelligence, any danger can be avoided by cunning.
