Who is Greater? (Kahani, Story) - Part 2

Akbar bole – Birbal tum chup kyun ho? Kya tumhe hamari mahaanta pe shak hai?
Akbar said: Birbal why are you quite? Do you doubt my greatness?
Akbar ko Birbal se sach ki ummeed thi. Wah unka sabse priye aur qaabil mantri tha.
Akbar expected the truth from Birbal. He was his dearest and ablest minister.
Birbal ne muskuraate hue kaha – Nahi Badshah Huzoor! Aap sabse mahaan hain.
Birbal said smiling – No Your Majesty! You are the greatest of all.
Akbar ko mann hi mann bahut dukh hua. Birbal mein bhi ussey galat kehne ka saahas nahi tha.
Akbar felt very sad at heart. Even Birbal lacked the courage to tell him that he was wrong.
Par Birbal ki baat abhi poori nahi hui thi unhone kaha
But Birbal was not done yet he said…
Badshah Salaamat aap Allah se mahaan isliye hain kiyun ek aisa kaam hai jo aap kar sakte hain par bhagwaan nahi kar sakta.
Your Majesty you are greater than God because there is one thing you can do and God cannot.
Aur woh kya hai?
And what is that?
Agar aap chaahein to kisi bhi insaan ko saaza dekar apney raajya se nikaal sakte hain, Wah kisi doosey mulk chala jayega par …
If you wish you can punish any man by expelling him from your kingdom, he will go to some other country but …
bhagwaan aisa nahi kar sakta kiyunki saari kaayenaat uski sultanat hai aur iss sansaar ka har kona uska hai.
God cannot do so because the whole universe is His kingdom and every corner of this world belongs to Him.
Akbar samajh gaye ki hamesha ki tarah Birbal ne badi chaturai se unhe sahi raah dikhaa di hai.
Akbar understood that as always Birbal has very cleverly shown him the right path.
Wah yeh sunkar bahut khush hue aur ussey gale se laga liya.
He was very pleased to hear this and hugged him. :)


Vocabulary
Shak - शक - Doubt
Insaan - इंसान - Human, Person
Rajya - राज्य (m) - State,Kingdom
Kona - कोना (m) - Corner
Kaayenaat - कायनात (f) - Universe