Charity Poem by Gangadharan nair Pulingat..

A beautiful mongoose, half its body in golden color
Went to the palace of 'Udhishtira' the emperor
Man of wisdom, justice, and perfect knowledge
Even to know the pleadings of animals it is said,
The mongoose sought the permission to see the king
whose dedication to his country and subjects proclaimed.

Getting permission to see the emperor in the courts
The mongoose gave its salutes in respects to the throne
Then it crawled in the ground here and there
Not in seeking any help or petitioning the king.

The emperor was famous in his charitable service
But astonished in the happenings of the mongoose
calmly he asked what actually his sufferings to say
The mongoose simply told his wishes are not fulfilled
For which he crawled, for satisfying a boon
That when I crawls such a wise kings court
I will get my body changing into fully golden color

Nothing here happened in your presence my lord
Which the king heard and perplexed
Asking the mongoose to tell the truth of half golden
How his cherished wishes lost in my court

Mongoose told that his color changed in to golden
In half its body from the home of a pious family
whose charities were beyond question, and sacrifices
They gave food to the guests from their small pot
The good grain they got from the alms by begging'
From such a hearty mind and blessing his body changed
Into the color of god my beloved king.

Here in your palace the charities are ongoing
But the materials are actually from the people's sources
Where your genuine rights are in a little doubt
So my half body still not in golden color

Feeling, ashamed of the self pride of the king
He asked for pardon in his self esteem and prestige
which was, out of proportion he felt in his mind
The poor mongoose changed its body it is told
It was actually the god appeared before the king.
To teach him a lesson for a corrective solution,
Proud, lose of temperament, is to be get ridden
where a ruler shines his fame with charity.