King Rantideva: Learn English(IND) with subtitles - Story for Children and Adults "BookBox.com"

This story is an offering for the 150th Birth Anniversary of Sri Aurobindo

King Rantideva
- a story about Giving,
adapted from Tales of All Times
by The Mother

RANTIDEVA, who was a king,
became a hermit in the forest.
He had given his wealth
to the poor and
lived a simple life
in the solitude of the jungle.
He and his family had only
the bare necessities of life.
They had discovered
the joys of living simply.
One day,
after a fast of forty-eight hours,
a light meal of rice
with milk and sugar
was prepared for him.
A poor Brahmin
came up to the door of the hut
and asked for food.
Rantideva gave him
half of his rice.
Then came a Sudra
begging for help
and Rantideva gave him
half of what remained.
Then he heard a dog barking;
the poor beast
seemed to be starving.
Rantideva gave him what was left
Last of all came an outcaste
who stopped at the hermit's door
and asked for help.
Rantideva gave him
the milk and the sugar,
and continued to fast.
Then came four gods
who said to him:
“Rantideva, it was to us
that you gave food,
for we assumed the forms
of a Brahmin, a Sudra, a dog
and a poor outcaste.
You were good to us all
and we praise you
for your loving thoughts.”
A kind heart treats all humans
and animals
as members of one family,
one humanity.

Narration: Shilpa Desai
Music: Jerry Silvester Vincent
SFX: Rajesh Gilbert
Illustrations: Kallol Majumder
Animation: BookBox
Story: Tales of All Times © Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry.

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