The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Part Four
Chapter I
The Story of Janasruti and Raikva
There once lived a king named Janasruti, who was a
great- grandson of Janasruta. He bestowed his gifts with
respect, gave away liberally and cooked much food for
the hungry. He built rest-houses every-where with the
thought that people everywhere would eat his food.
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One night some flamingos were flying along. One
flamingo said to another: "Hey! Ho! Short-sighted,
Short-sighted! The radiance of Janasruti, the greatgrandson
of Janasruta, has spread to the sky. Do not
touch it, lest it should burn you."
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The other replied: "Say, who is this person about whom
you have spoken as though he were like Raikva, the man
with the cart?" "What sort of person is this Raikva, the
man with the cart?"
The short-sighted flamingo replied: "As in a game of
dice, when the krita is won, the lower ones also are won,
so whatever merits people acquire all accrue to that
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