One day, the Emperor expressed his desire to see an angel and an ugly witch. He expressed his wish to Birbal.
The next day, Birbal came to the court along with his wife and a prostitute. Then presenting his wife he said to the Emperor, “Huzoor, this is an angel. I get endless satisfaction and happiness from her.”
The Emperor looked at Birbal’s wife and said, “Birbal, but the angels are said to be very beautiful but this woman is dark and weak. In the scriptures, angels have been described as stunning beauties.”
Then Birbal said, “Huzoor! True beauty lies in the quality of an individual, not in the colour of the skin. She is an angel for me.”
Birbal, now brought the prostitute before the Emperor. The Emperor saw her and exclaimed, “Wow! That is a real beauty! Look at her beautiful clothes and expensive ornaments.”
Birbal said, “All these things are just to attract and seduce the people. One who gets trapped in her evil designs, he surely destroys his own life.”
The Emperor understood what Birbal wanted to convey and realized that character and quality of a person made the real beauty.
