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The video clips contains the witty stories of Akbar Birbal in Hindi. A short transcript in English for the story given in the above video clip.
The guard on the gates of the palace and administrative office of Akbar is seen taking bribe from the visitors, of Kind Akbar. A poor musician from Rajasthan awaits his turn and is stopped by the guard. The guard demands five gold coins, from the poor musician for being able to meet the king.
When the musician denies giving the sum of five gold coins, the guard notifies him that it was the law and he guides him to the one who made that law, the chief of the security guards. The chief of security guards is seen sitting in the luxurious environment, leisurely smoking a pipe. He asks the guard not to allow the visitor unless he pays the required sum.
The poor singer visits the intelligent prime minister Birbal for this problem he faced. He is invited with respect, and Birbal listens to him. Birbal becomes aware of how the poor people are being robbed by the security guards. He assures the poor singer that soon he will be able to meet the king and please him with his music and gain some monetary award. The poor singer leaves with gratitude.
Another singer approaches the gates of palace and is encountered with the similar demand of five gold coins, and the meeting with the ruthless and greedy security chief. The singer makes a deal with him, that if he is allowed he will give half of the reward given to him by the king. Being aware of the big heart of the king and that he rewards liberally, the greed of the security chief readily agrees.
The singer is thus allowed to see the king and pleases the king with his Rajasthani music and singing. The king is too pleased and asks the singer what he would like to have as the reward. The singer demands for getting whipped a hundred times. Everybody including the Akbar gets surprised by the demand. The king asks him the reason for asking for punishment instead of the wealth which he intended to give. The singer insists for what he had asked.
The king agrees and call a whipper. As the man with the whip approaches the singer, he stops him and tells the king that he has promised someone to share his reward. He tells how he was met with the demand of five gold coins and meeting with the security chief and his agreement of sharing the reward.
The king thus becomes aware of the bribery going on outside his palace and orders the culprits to be imprisoned and anyone wanting to meet him can meet without much resistance.
The story continues from Akbar Birbal Tales, Next story is called 'The trees testimony', Since the story is dubbed in Hindi language, the English translation is put here.
King Akbar walks on the ways of his kingdom with few fellows. He notices too many crows on the way and says that the number of crows has increased a lot in the kingdom. One man talking with him agrees with the king, and adds that they add to much noise also.
King says that the number of crows in the kingdom is impossible to find out. Birbal responds that nothing is impossible. Akbar asks him that if that was possible could he tell him the number of crows in the kingdom. Birbal agrees and asks for few days for the same.
As always Kind Akbar agrees and says that he will be keenly waiting for his answer.
A man knocks on the door of Birbals home and asks if he could talk with king Birbal. He apologies for taking the valuable time of him, to which Birbal responds with politeness and asks him, how he can he helpful to the man.
The man says that he is a poor peasant and would be ruined, if he does not get help from him. Birbal assures him, and asks him to tell is tale. The peasant says that he used to save the money that cold be helpful in his old age and used to hide it in a vessel, which he use to bury, beneath a tree in his house compound.
The peasant continues his story that three months ago he decided to go on pilgrimage and decided to out his savings with his friend Kishorilal. 'Kishorilal is wealthy man'' he continued, 'but a vey good friend of mine, thinking this I reached his home.
On reaching he tells his friend that he had decided to go to pilgrimage and decided to meet him. The friend encourages him and asks him to remember him at the holy places. The poor man says he will, and asks him if he would take care of his savings, till he returned from the pilgrimage. Kishorilal, the wealthy man accepts it. The peasant leaves with gratitude.
The peasant completes his pilgrimage and returns to village. He goes to Kishorilal's home, the next day in hope to recover his hard earned savings. He gives prasad to him, the wealthy man accepts it and says that since he was busy with work, the peasant should leave and not disturb him. The poor peasant replies meekly that he also had come to get back his hard earned, life long savings.
The wealthy man responds with harsh coolness, what savings and further asks the peasant if he was in his senses. The poor man meekly tells that it is hard earned savings,that took his life time. The wealthy man responds with anger that did he not had enough wealth that he would asks for money from a poor peasant? And drives him away with anger.The poor man leaves with his head bend down.
He spent a night in agony, thinking of recovering the lost money, and thought of meeting Birbal on this subject came to his mind, and thus he was here. Birbal, thinks for a moment and asks him if there was any witness of giving the money to Kishorilal. The peasant denies, and continues that, when he was giving the money to him there was none present there. Birbal asks him not to panic with respect. He continues that if had given money to Kishorilal he will surely get the money, and tells him to be present at the kings court, next day along with Kishorilal.
The man leaves with gratitude.
In the king's court, Birbal tells Akbar, that a man wanted justice, he had visited him at is home the previous day, and if the king agrees he would like to present his case. The king agrees, both the kishorilal and Nekiram the peasant are called in the court, where they bow to the king.
The king asks who the complainer was, Nekiram, the poor peasant presents his case to the king. The king asks the accused if that was true. The man denies the charges saying that his good behavior with the peasant was his mistake and due to that he consider himself as his friend and now wants to dishonor him. He did not have anything to do with such a poor man.
The king turns to Birbal, He tells that Nekiram will have to get a witness, Nekiram is scared at this and said there was none. Birbal continues that there must be someone present when he gave money, a child, plants, trees. He orders Nekiram to go and not to return without a witness.
The scared Nekiram tries to tell something to the king, to which the king does not allow him to speak and tells him to leave the court and not to return without something or someone, who could prove that he was true.
Nekiram leaves disheartened, and Kishorilal feels happiness on sensing his victory.
The king asks about the number of crows in the kingdom, which Birbal was suppose to answer. He responds that according to him there were ten thousand nine hundred and five crows in the kingdom, to the amazement of everyone present in the court.
The king asks him if he was sure, and what, if he was wrong. Birbal says that he was sure, and if there were more or less than that number, it would be because either crows from neighboring kingdom are visiting this kingdom or the crows of the kingdom are visiting the neighboring kingdom.
The king congratulates him at the witty answer.
Than Birbal wonders why Nekiram was taking so long to bring anything or anyone as witness. Kishorilal mocks that Nekiram would be finding it difficult to bring the huge peepal tree in the court. Birbal instantly asks the king to penalize Kishorilal. He said how come Kishorilal tell about the peepal tree, surely he must have taken the money neat the peepal tree, that made him respond in such manner.
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This story is continued from Akbar Birbal Tales. Tales of Akbar and Birbal are widely popular in Indian subcontinent, for the wisdom and cleverness of the Legend of Birbal and generosity and greatness of King Akbar. This animated stories uploaded on you tube videos are dubbed in Hindi Language, English narration or translation is given below. These stories will be loved by kids as they generally like to watch cartoons plus they get some inspiration from these stories too.
A Matter of Devotion
King Akbar is well known for his love of arts and religion. One of the arts he loved was the art of music, and just like Birbal who was considered as one of the nine jewels of King Akbar's court, Tansen was one f the jewels greatly known and respected for his high level of singing capabilities. It is said and believed that there was none better than Tansen and none could compete him in the art of singing.
Once, King Akbar after listening to King Tansen's music and singing was much pleased with the great art as always, praises Tansen's art of singing and praises Tansen with respect.
He says to Tansen, 'You the best artist in the world, you are great, incomparable.'
Tansen with the gratitude replies, ' This is your opinion, there are artist in the world, who are better than I am.'
King Akbar denies his answer, he says, ' You are getting ashamed Tansen, You are best among all.'
King Akbar is seen on a walk with Birbal, Tansen and others in the gardens. He starts the conversation with Birbal and asks h the reason for his silence. Does he not agree what the king has just said?. Birbal responds that just as Tansen has said there are better artist and musicians in this world.
King Akbar says to Birbal that he likes challenges and this time his challenge was to find a better singing artist than Tansen, which according to Akbar was next to impossible. Not satisfied by giving this challenge Akbar throws his valuable ring in a dry well and asks Birbal to bring out the ring from the well, without getting down in the well and without any support.
It seems Akbar loved issuing mental or intellectual challenges to Birbal as much as Birbal loved getting them. The greatness of man is often increased while facing the challenges. All great man we know have loved challenges and not got scared away by challenges or getting themselves down with the challenges.
About finding the better artist than Tansen, he had an instant answer, he said. 'Tansen's Guru (music teacher) was one, who was better than Tansen. Tansen readily agrees and tell that his teacher or guru was on pilgrimage and will be returning after a month.
Birbal asks the king to wait for the return of the Guru and during that time, he will find a way to get the ring out of the well. The king agrees to what Birbal has said and tells him that he had one on month to complete both the challenges.
After one month, the king reminds Birbal about the two challenges. Birbal says that Guruji was back, but the king will have to visit the Guru's home to listen to his singing as the Guru sang only for God and not for anyone else.
Those who sings or are serving God in any other way do their services only for God. Deep devotion and love for God flows through them. They would not sing or do anything to please any one, not even the richest and the greatest of the kings. They sing only for the love for God and devotion for God. The claps of people does not mean much to them, what has meaning for them is the love and devotion.
King Akbar known for his greatness, does not insist on calling the Guru to his palace but agrees to ride to his Guru's home. Not only that he was too pulled towards it just by the idea of listening to better singing than that of the amazing and soul satisfying singing of Tansen.
Next morning the king, Birbal and Tansen ride deep into a green forests where the Guru lived. From a distant they even had t leave their horses to reach the hut of the Guru. The king is asked to wait outside the hut and let the Guru come outside the hut and sing for his Lord, as he would not sing for anyone else. The king respects that and agrees.
After some wait the Guru appears from his little hut and starts singing outside his hut in devotion to God. The king is totally enchanted, he had never herd anything like this before. After the magica,l soul enhancing song was over, the king visits the Guru with Tansen and Birbal. He praises the Guru's art, to which, truly a mark of greatness and real humbleness, the guru says that great is art and devotion, and not the individual.
The king tries to present him with some wealth, which is also humbly and gracefully denied. The king also put forward his desire of inviting the Guru to his palace where all his needs would be satisfied and the king could also listen to his singing when wished. This too is denied by the Guru, as he would sing only for his God and that the little hut in the forest was all that he needed for his devotion, and not the palace and it's richess.
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This video is continued from the Tales of Akbar Birbal. The story in this video is quite inspirational and shows the wits of wise Birbal. The audio is in Hindi Language, so below is translation in English.
King Akbar is getting his beard shaved by his Barber, in his royal palace. The barber starts the conversation to please the king.
Barber, 'Majesty, you are a great king. Every body praised you in your country as well as in other countries.'
King Akbar, 'Thank you.'
Barber, 'You take care of your kingdom with keen interest and consider the people of your kingdom as members of your family.'
Then the barber shift the conversation of praising the king with a 'but'.
'But, What', asks the king, 'am I overlooking somebody? or Is anybody body feeling lonely?' king Akbar shows his concern.
Barber, 'The way you take care of every one, have you ever thought about your ancestors?'
"My ancestors?" the king replies with some surprise, he continues, 'How can I take care of their needs? Allah gives peace to their souls, they have long left this world."
The Barber is quick to answer, 'You sure can take good care of their needs, your majesty'.
The king replies, ' I do take care of my ancestors, we pray for the peace of their souls, we have built royal tombs in their remembrance, and they are frequently remembered.'
The barber however has some other plans, he replies, 'I am sorry your majesty, I don't mean to disturb you, have you ever sent anybody to the heaven? to know the needs of your ancestors?'
King Akbar replies, 'Is your brain in proper condition? How can one return and take a tour to Heaven?'
Barber replies, 'your majesty i have herd of a Siddh Yogi, who can send anybody to heaven and call them back. Vajir (prime minister) Abdul is his devotee, we can call him and get the details of the same.'
The king seems to get interested and tells the barber to tell Vajir (prime minister) Abdul to call the Yogiraj in the court the next day.
Next day in the royal court of king Akbar he asks his prime minister if he has called the Yogiraj in the court, if he is present in the court.
Vajir Abdul, 'your majesty, yogiraj Niranjan is wating outside the court, if you give the permission may he be called?'
The king orders, 'Call him in.'
The gate keeper gives a shout, 'Yogiraj Niranjan Baba show your presence in the court.'
A man clad in clothes of a yogi enters the court, and stands in front of Akbar.
The king says, 'You are welcomed yogiraj, I have herd that you can send anybody to heaven and can bring him back.'
'Alakh Niranjan', Yogiraj gives a shout, 'The glory of God is infinite, I am just a devotee. If anybody goes to heaven and wants to come back, it is possible.'
The king gives a glance and the members of the court are amazed with what they just herd.
The king says, ' I want to know if my ancestors are ok in the heaven and if all their requirements are met with in the heaven.'
Yogiraj Niranjan, 'I can surely do this your majesty, but you will have to send somebody to whom you trust totally, one who is close to you.' as the king gives a deep thought to what is being said.
Vajir the prime minister says, Your majesty, according to me you should send Birbal to heaven, there is nobody else to whom you trust more, he is your favorite too. I am sure he will listen to your orders and the not minding the pleasures of heaven, he will return too.'
The king to Birbal, 'Birbal, will you do this journey for me?'
Birbal does not delay for seconds to reply, 'Sure your majesty, I will consider myself fortunate to do this journey for you!'
He asks yogi, "Yogiji, how much time will it take for this journey?, when will I return from this journey? and How will i go to heaven?'
Yogiraj, 'I will lit a sacred fire and as you enter the sacred fire, I will open the doors of heaven with my divine powers. If you wish you can return after two months, very few returns leaving the pleasures of heaven.' and he concludes with a shout of 'Alakh Niranjan.'
Birbal, 'Where will this happen, Yogiji?'
Yogiraj, 'We can do this any place, but this time we will do it on the banks of sacred river Yamuna.'
Birbal to Akbar, 'Your majesty, I will be away from my home for a long time, so I ask you for 4 to 5 days finish some jobs before I go.'
Akbar, 'Sure, Birbal." and turning to yogiraj he says that Birbal will return after 5 days to commence his journey and he should start preparing for the same.
After five days on the bank of sacred river Yamuna a pile of wood has been set for the journey of Birbal to the heaven. Yogi raj is all set and awaits the king and the Birbal. The king arrives with some of his ministers.
Yogiraj with a dish filled with articles to perform the ritual chants few mantras, and invites Birbal to stand on the pile of woods to commence the journey to heaven. Birbal bids a goodbye to the King. The king Akbar too bids a goodbye and asks him to return soon, Birbal affirms that he will be back soon. The prime minster and the barber gives a look to each other and giggles.
As the final rights are being going on, Birbal on the pile of woods ready to be ignited by the fire Akbar shows his confidence in the Yogiraj and asks him with concern that was he sure that Birbal shall be unhurt. Yogiraj assures the king that he had sent many people to heaven, and nobody had any kind of problem. Akbar begs his pardon for the question.
The fire is set there is no screaming of Birbal. Yogiraj goes to the king and tells him that Birbal is on his way to the heaven and will return after two months, if does not gets entangles in the pleasures of heaven.
Prime Minister Abdul, 'Sure he will return, there is no one more trustworthy than Birbal', he contines, 'Isn't it your majesty?'
Akbar, ' Sure, Sure!'
Yogiraj, 'Now we should wait for the return of Birbal.'
The king leaves the place thanking the Yogiraj.
King Akbar is not in the best of mods while a minister is talking about the defense solution. He begs the pardon of his minister Mansingh and says, 'He remembers and mises Birbal much, two months have passed since his journey.' he continues, 'What did Yogiraj said, i think he gave the time of two months?'
Vajir the prime minister is quick to stand up and respond, 'Yes your majesty, but he also said that most of the people do not return as they cannot leave the pleasures of heaven, may be Birbal has also denied to leave the pleasures of heaven?'
Akbar, 'No!, I trust Birbal and he will surely return.'
As the king Akbar completes his sentence a man with long beard robed in royal clothes is seen entering the royal court. He bows to the king.
The king and the court members gives a glance on the man and are surprised.
The King is happy and showing his pleasure asks the well being of the bearded man, Birbal.
King, 'Tell, me about your journey, Birbal.'
Birbal, 'Your majesty, the journey was quiet a good one, and the heaven is more beautiful than what I had herd of. I met your ancestors, all of them, they are very happy there. Yogiraj told the truth, to return from heaven is quiet difficult, but i promised you and so I am present here.'
King Akbar, 'Congratulations, I knew could trust you Birbal, are my ancestors happy? are they ok? are not they missing anything? and why are your hair so long?'
'Your Majesty, they have sent a request through me, because there is no barber in the heaven my hair have grown long. Everybody's hair and beards have grown long in heaven. Your ancestors wish that you send your barer to the heaven.' said the Birbal.
'Sure' relied the king, ' Call the barber instantly, along with the Yogiraj, fortunately I had invited Yogiraj to stay with me. He is also here.
Yogiraj and barber enters the court and stands before the king.
To Yogiraj, King Akbar says, 'It was fortunate that my barber advised me to send somebody to heaven. Birbal has just told me that my ancestors needs a barber, so start preparations t send him to heaven, tomorrow itself it should be done.Both of you will receive gifts from me, I am pleased with both of you.'
The Yogiraj is dazzled by what he herd and the barber fell on his knees begging for mercy. He continued, 'This yogiraj is a fraud, and I did what I did, on the directions of Prime minister. He is jealous of the fame of Birbal, I don't want to die so early. Have mercy on me, if I made to sit on the fire, I will surely die. I don't know how Birbal was saved, but I will not survive.'
King Akbar gets much disturbed by the wicked ploy against his favorite minister Birbal and orders his soldiers to put the Yogiraj and barbers behind the bars.
To Abdulla he says, 'I can hang you if I wish, for this wicked act, but since you have served me so long I grant your life, but I don't want to see your face now on. I give you the orders to leave the country.'
The king orders his soldiers to drive the prime minister out of the boundaries of the kingdom.
Then turning to Birbal he said, 'My friend, let us know that we all want to know, how did you came to know about this ploy against you? and how did you escape from the burning fire?'
Birbal said, 'Your majesty, the day Yogiraj came and presented the plan to send me to heaven through fire, I understood that something was fishy. So I asked for 5 days. During those five days I got a tunnel dug, which started from the place of fire to my home. That day I stood right beside the door of the secret tunnel. As the fire was ignited I opened the door of the secret tunnel and escaped to my home.'
He continued, 'to know the fact it was necessary that anyone of the three to accept the crime. Barber was the weakest of the three and I decided to make him the target. That is the reason for long hair and beard.
This video clip shows yet another story of Akbar and Birbal. This short story shows yet again the intelligence used by Birbal to point out the mistake done by the king as he could not directly say so as it would have meant the disrespect of his king, and could enrage the king's wrath for the same.
The emperor Akbar goes out for a stroll with Birbal and another person named Lalaji, a jee Hujoor(Yes man) in his beautiful gardens. While the walk Akbar feels the cold weather and says that, that particular year cold was, the yes man agrees and the king is happy.
The king says that whatever the people has to work cold or no cold. The yes man agrees and adds that, still most people prefer to stay at the comforts of home in this extremely harsh weather. King Akbar dips his fingers in the cold water of his pond and finds it extremely chilling. Akbar responds his yes man by saying that he too was telling the truth, nobody would like to go out and work in such extreme cold.
Birbal who has been watching this pleasing game, and knowing the poor condition of some civilians from the Akbar rule drops in the i please you, you please me conversation. He says that he does not feel so. Akbar feels disappointed by this disturbance in the gay conversation. He cautions Birbal that he should not cut his talk always. Birbal asks for the apologies and continues that he did not meant cutting the kings thoughts , but wanted to make him aware that in his rule, there were some people who would get ready to come out and work in extreme conditions for their families survival. King Akbar asks whether Birbal wanted to say that people were ready to anything for some money. Birbal replies in positive that yes he wanted to say that there were people who would work in any conditions for money.
The king denies and says that he cannot believe anyone would cross a particular border for making money, Lalaji the yes man is quick to agree with the king. Birbal sticks to his viewpoint and says that there were people in his kingdom, who would get ready for such work as the situation demands from them. The king demands for the evidence for the same from Birbal. He asks Birbal to find a man who would stand in the freezing waters of the pond for whole night for 10 gold coins. Birbal accepts the challenge with confidence.
The confidence that Birbal had, he said he will find a man for the job same day. Lalaji the yes man denies that a man can be such a fool to stand in the freezing waters for whole night for mere ten gold coins and continues that even if someone gets ready for the job, he will not survive the night. Akbar asks Birbal to prove his point the same night. Akbar was sure that Birbal was wrong this time and he had the upper hand this time. It became a war of Akbar's pride, with his trusted and most wise courts man.
In emperor Akbar's darbar (court) Birbal declares that he found the man, who would stand in the freezing waters for whole night. Akbar is eager to met such man and orders to see him. A man name Gangaram is brought in front of the king. The king asks Gangaram if Birbal has explained to him, what he is supposed to do. The man affirms that he knew that he has to spent a night in freezing water of pond of the garden for 10 gold coins. Akbar asks him if was scared of the quest of survival of standing in the freezing water or he was not aware of the coldness of the water and the night. Gangaram affirms that he was aware of the harsh conditions that could put the danger of his own survival. Akbar is not pleased with the answer as he smells his defeat, and says that accepting this survival threatening job was mere stupidity. His ego was not letting him realize the poor situation of the man. The king orders that the man should be properly entertained as he feared that, the night could be the last night of his life. He also ordered two soldiers to be present by the pond side to see that the man completes his job or not.
The king leaves the court saying that he will see them the next morning. Next morning Akbar arrives in the court, with the confidence of his victory. He asks Birbal what happened to the man. Birbal tells him that the man is waiting outside and king himself could inquire to him. The man is called in the durbar (court). The feeble man makes the appearance in the court. Akbar asks him how the night was. The man replied that it was not at all and easy task, with the grace of almighty God it passed somehow. Akbar says in authoritative voice that he did not believe that the man passed the whole night in the pond. The man in voice filled with fear says that he did passed the whole night in pond and the king could ask two soldiers that were kept by him as eye witness. The soldiers are asked by the king if what the man says was true and that he did his job. The soldiers said that they were vigilant whole night the man did complete the job.
Akbar said that it was unbelievable for him and asks the man how he was able to do this extremely difficult task. The man replied that in the beginning it was very difficult and he panicked. His body started freezing, then he watched a lamp in the garden and gazing on the lamp he prayed all night to the almighty God. The stubbornness of not losing this time made the king evil for moments. He said that now he understood the reason for his survival and completing the task. He said that the man cheated he took help of the heat emitted from the lamp and denied paying him the ten gold coins he promised, and said that the man should feel lucky that he did not punish him for the cheating. The soldiers are ordered to remove the man out of the curt.
The king turns towards Birbal and tells him that he should accept the defeat this time. Birbal apologize for his mistake of going against the king. The king is pleased and says that it was human to err. The king says that now they should proceed to normal workings of the kingdoms office. He says that he wanted to present a gift to the Shah of Iran and if Birbal had any good idea about the gift to be presented. Birbal asks for excuse that he had some personal work at his home. The king grants him the permission and asks him to come back soon.
Birbal leaves and is not seen for long. Next day the king misses him badly and asks the horseman to go to Birbal's home and call him. The horseman returns with the answer that Birbal will return after his meals. After some more time the king gets eager and sends horseman again only to get the reply that the food for meals was yet cooking. After couple of more hours the king eagerness grows and he suspects some irregularity in Birbal's behavior. He decides that he himself will visit Birbal and see what's going on. He takes few horsemen along with him and march to Bibal's home.
He is amazed by what he sees there. Birbal was sitting in front of stew. The vessel in which the the food was cooked was suspended at some height from the fire below. The king says to Birbal if he had gone crazy, how is the food suppose to be cooked when the vessel that contained it was hung high from the fire. Birbal replied that if a poor man in pond could get heat from a small lamp far away,the fire for cooking was much more than the lamp and the vessel much more near than the man from the lamp. It should easily cook the food. The emperor suddenly recognized his mistake done and injustice done to poor man of his own kingdom.
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This video clips series has online animated short stories of Akbar and Birbal, in Hindi language. The stories of Akbar and Birbal are legendary, the wisdom of Birbal is shown in each story where he is tested by the Emperor and his court which is jealous of Birbal's wisdom and intelligence.
This stories many a times contains social and humorous elements along with the intelligence and wisdom.
This video clip while i watched seemed to have some problems with the visual and audio combination. However, the story goes like follow.
A great magician from Iran, visits the royal court of Shehenshah Akbar. He has come with a challenge of solving a riddle. The riddle being the tiger's statue has to be removed from the cage, without touching the tiger or touching the cage. Sehenshah Akbar turns to Birbal for the solution of the riddle. Another court member Sukhdev Singh being jealous of Birbal asks king Akbar to get a chance for the solution to the riddle, so that he too can get some name and fame. King Akbar readily agrees. Sukhdev Singh puts one of the best magician from India to solve the riddle placed by the magician of Iran. Naturally a magician against a magician seemed good idea.
The magician tries his magical trick but probably fails as the boxes used for illusion were not his own but from a different magician from a different country and different learning. Sukhdev Singh flees on seeing the failure.
The solution of the riddle naturally goes to Birbal as he has been doing it successfully over years. Birbal orders for two red hot iron rods. The iron rods are backed red hot on oven and brought to Birbal. Birbal inserts his hands carefully so that they did not touch the cage. He brings the rods near the tiger's state. The statue starts melting and eventually melts totally and flows out of the cage.
Every body applause for the success. Birbal tells king Akbar, that it was an easy riddle as the statue was made out of wax. And the wax melted away due to the heat emitted from the red hot iron rods.
