![]() ![]() Tenali Rama made enquiries as to where the man was staying. The emperor looked at him with gratitude and wished him luck. “If you permit me your highness,” he said with great humility, “I shall try my best and try to find out the language of this man” After the court has dispersed, Tenali met the Emperor. Tenali could sense the worry of the emperor. Though he had agreed, the emperor was worried whether anyone could do this difficult task. ![]() The Emperor could not refuse the challenge. ![]() “Well,” said the man addressing Emperor Krishnadevaraya, “I shall give your men a day’s time and challenge them to find out my mother tongue!” The accent and the intonation of all the languages spoken by the man were perfect. All the people who asked the questions and Tenali Rama who was watching were stumped. ![]() There was a question in Bengali, one in Tamil, one in Malayalam, one in Urdu, one in Odisha and one in even Kashmiri but the man answered all the questions in different languages with great ease. The Emperor did not think it was a difficult job and called the courtiers who had different mother tongues to come and talk to the man. I have mastered many languages but you will have to find out what is my mother tongue”. The man smiled and replied in equally chaste Telugu, and said “My native and mother tongue is what the people of your court have to find out. The Emperor welcomed the visitor in chaste Telugu and enquired about his native. As was the protocol, the man attended the Durbar of the Emperor with the gifts given by his king as a mark of respect. He was a middle aged person and by his facial features, no one could make out which state he belonged to. Once a person came visiting from one of the neighbouring kingdoms. After all he had taken a boon from Goddess Kali to get both money and knowledge in equal measures!! In earlier stories of Tenali Ramakrishna we have seen how quick-witted Tenali Ramakrishna was and how he brought pride to the Emperor Krishnadevaraya time and again.Įvery time Tenali Rama solved an issue/puzzle, his knowledge and fame spread far and wide. ![]()
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