3. Benefits of story telling by
grandparents
Story telling by grandparents to their grandchildren
benefits both of them :
– it strengthens the bond between them.
– a great way by which grandparents can transfer and
inculcate values, customs and traditions to be followed by
the next generation as the stories shared within the first
few years of the child’s life will not be easily forgotten.
4. Learning Sharing
• The story Wise Beggar is from the famous
“The Chhandogya Upanishad”.
• The value learnt from the story is, “ sharing
with others”
5. The Wise Beggar
Once there lived two sages named Shaunaka
and Abhipratarin. They worshipped the Vayu
or the wind god. The wind god is also known
as Prana, the universal soul. One day when
the sages sat down to eat, a beggar came and
asked for some food.
“We cannot share our food with you,”
Shaunaka said.
6. contd……
The beggar asked," O great sages, whom do
you worship?”
“Prana, the Universal soul,” Abhipratarin
replied.
“Ah! It means that you know that the Prana
fills the entire universe.” the beggar asked.
“Yes, yes. We know that”, the sages nodded
“If the Prana fills the whole universe, it fills me
too. I am also a part of the universe.” the
beggar said.
7. contd……
“You speak the truth.” replied the sages.
“Then, O sages, by not giving me food, you are
actually denying food to the Prana.”
The sages realised the truth of what the
beggar said, and shared their food with him.
