Birbal came on duty the next day. He remained on guard all night. He kept a strict eye on the King at all times whether he would be eating, sleeping and so on. After finishing his duty, he would collect his money and leave. One day, the curious King ordered his spies to follow Birbal and find out what he did with the one hundred gold coins every day. After a week, the spies came back to the King and reported, “Your Majesty, we followed Birbal and found some things which will shock you. He takes the one hundred gold coins and out of them gives twenty-five gold coins to the poor people. Another twenty-five coins he offers at the temples. Yet another twenty-five he gives in charity to the Brahmins. Now, out of the remaining twenty-five gold coins, he gives ten to lepers and another ten to orphans.”
The Spies Reveal Birbal’s Secret
