Rating Talent
Judge a person by what he is and not by how he looks. No one is perfect in this world. The external appearance is transient but the inner worth is the eternal and everlasting. In Nature, many flowers are big and attractive in color but carry no fragrance. So their attraction lasts for a while only ,whereas some flowers like jasmine are small but are so fragrant that their sweet smell spread all around and lingers for long.
Once the king Vikramaditya, strolling with the great poet Kalidasa in the garden said, " Oh great poet! You are highly talented and intelligent, but why God has not given you beautiful form in accordance with your qualities ? Kalidasa did not reply to this taunt. They returned to the palace. The poet, with the permission of the king, procured two vessels one of mud and another made of gold. He filled both the containers with the same ordinary water. After sometime the poet asked the king to drink the water from both and asked him," Your Highness ! which water is cool and soothing?" The king replied, " Dear friend, the water from the pot is cool and soothing and not water of shining gold pot. The poet explained, " Your Majesty ! Just as the coolness does not depend upon the external appearance so also the talent does not depend on the beauty or ugliness of the body."
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