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whatever happens, it happens for something good happening. The king surprisingly asked, “What? I have got my finger cut, and have been suffering from the pain and you are telling it happened for something good happening.” But Birbal confidentially repeated the same thing. The Sultan got angry and ordered to imprison him (Birbal).
A few days passed. The king went for hunting with his bodyguard. He went ahead to his companions and was surrounded by some nomads who took him to their preceptor because he had to offer a gentleman's sacrifice to his goddess who possessed 32 virtues. The priest checked Akbar carefully and found that one of his fingers was cut. The priest told the nomads that the gentleman brought by them was not fit for offering sacrifice to the goddess due to one of his fingers being cut and therefore the king Akbar was released. Akbar remembered that Birbal had rightly told whatever happens, happens for something good.
Akbar, the king, came back to his court and got Birbal released from imprisonment but asked him that, “Birbal, it proved fruitful with my regards or in my case that I was released without offering to the goddess, but you were imprisoned by me then what fruitful or good happened in your case of imprisonment”. Birbal gladly replied that it proved lucky for him as he was imprisoned otherwise you would take me with you while going for a hunt, and I, not having my finger cut, would have been offered to the goddess instead of you not being found fit and I would have become the victim of offering sacrifice.
Accept the unfavorable circumstances positively inspite of pondering over them seriously. Whatever is to happen, will certainly happen and if anything has not to happen, will never happen at anycost. Remember, whenever happens anything, it happens exactly as it had to happen. Therefore neither praise nor condemn anyone for anything 18
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