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    1) A crow named Laghupatanaka tries to befriend a rat named Hiranyaka after seeing the rat help some birds. 2) Hiranyaka is skeptical of being friends with Laghupatanaka since crows are predators of rats. He explains that some enmities are natural like between predators and prey. 3) However, after a long discussion where Laghupatanaka persuasively argues that friendships can form regardless of natural enmities, Hiranyaka agrees to be friends with Laghupatanaka as long as the crow does not enter his fort. They become great friends who help each other daily.

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    1) A crow named Laghupatanaka tries to befriend a rat named Hiranyaka after seeing the rat help some birds. 2) Hiranyaka is skeptical of being friends with Laghupatanaka since crows are predators of rats. He explains that some enmities are natural like between predators and prey. 3) However, after a long discussion where Laghupatanaka persuasively argues that friendships can form regardless of natural enmities, Hiranyaka agrees to be friends with Laghupatanaka as long as the crow does not enter his fort. They become great friends who help each other daily.

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    1) A crow named Laghupatanaka tries to befriend a rat named Hiranyaka after seeing the rat help some birds. 2) Hiranyaka is skeptical of being friends with Laghupatanaka since crows are predators of rats. He explains that some enmities are natural like between predators and prey. 3) However, after a long discussion where Laghupatanaka persuasively argues that friendships can form regardless of natural enmities, Hiranyaka agrees to be friends with Laghupatanaka as long as the crow does not enter his fort. They become great friends who help each other daily.

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    The Crow-Rat Discourse

    fter he saw how Hiranyaka had helped Chitragriva, Lagupatanaka came


    down from his tree perch and called out the rat in a voice resembling that of
    Chitragriva. The rat thought, What happened? Did I forget to free any bird?
    The dove king must be calling me for the same purpose.
    Not sure who was calling him, the rat
    shouted from inside his fort, Who are
    you?
    I am Laghupatanaka, the crow.
    The rat further retreated into his fort
    and said, Go away at once, I dont
    know who you are.
    I have come on an important business.
    Why dont you meet me?
    What do I gain by meeting you?
    Sir, I have seen you liberating Chitragriva and his retinue. I thought
    friendship with you would be useful in such a crisis. I am seeking your hand.
    Very odd! You are the diner and I am the dinner. How can there be amity
    between the two? Where there is enmity, there cannot be friendship. Didnt
    you hear the elders say:
    Friendship

    or

    between
    There

    marriage

    equals
    cannot

    in
    be

    caste
    any

    sort

    is

    always

    and

    wealth.
    of

    bond

    between the weak and the strong.


    He who seeks friendship with someone who is not an equal will earn ridicule.
    So, please go.

    The crow replied, Hiranyaka, I am


    waiting here at your doorstep. If you
    reject my hand, I will starve here to
    death.
    But friendship with you is not possible.
    However hot the water, it still kills the
    fire.
    We havent even seen each other. How
    can there be enmity between both of
    us?
    Hiranyaka then explained, Enmity is of two kinds. The first is natural and the
    second is artificial. The second kind disappears when what caused it
    disappears. But natural enmity ends only with the death of one of the two
    enemies.
    Can you make it clearer, asked Laghupatanaka.
    Yes, artificial enmity is always based on some reason. Natural enmity is like
    the one between a snake and a mongoose, water and fire, Devatas and
    Rakshasas, dogs and cats, the rich and the poor, the learned and the illiterate,
    between women of virtue and vice.
    The crow then pleaded, Sir, what you say is unreasonable. There is always a
    reason behind friendship and enmity. That is why a wise man should always
    seek friendship and not enmity.
    True, it is foolish to think that you will not come to harm because you are a
    man of character. People who are blinded by ignorance and anger do not
    consider your character, said the rat.
    Friendship with bad men is like a pot of clay easy to break but difficult to
    rejoin. With good men it is like pot of gold, difficult to break but easy to mend.
    I pledge that you will have no reason to fear danger from me, said the crow.

    Hiranyaka said, I have no faith in pledges. dont trust an enemy with whom
    you have made peace. Even if the hole is small, water seeping through it can
    sink a ship.
    dont

    trust

    Faith
    The

    The
    Him

    person

    has
    evil

    Leaves
    Him

    a
    its

    own

    limits

    that

    trust

    brings

    you
    who
    mighty
    who

    untrustworthy

    totally
    is

    cannot

    highly
    put

    trusts

    destroyed
    an
    others

    sceptical
    end

    to
    easily

    Even the weakest can kill.


    After this long sermon, Laghupatanaka didnt know how to reply. Hiranyaka,
    he thought, was a very knowledgeable being and that was a strong reason for
    him to seek his friendship. Turning to the rat, he said, Seven words are
    enough to bring two good people together. We have already talked a lot,
    which makes us good friends. Thats why please believe what I say. If it is not
    possible, I will stay out and you can talk to me from within your stronghold.
    Impressed by his sincerity, Hiranyaka said, Okay, you should not step inside
    my fort. When Laghupatanaka agreed to that condition, the two became
    friends and enjoyed their daily meetings and long talks. They helped each
    other, the crow bringing pieces of meat and relics of offerings to God at
    temples for the rat and the rat in turn bringing for Hiranyaka grains of paddy
    and food items. Thus they became great andinseparable friends.

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