His wife's mother, whom he barely tolerated and never allowed to visit his village even from afar, was seated in front of the Great Khan at a wedding dinner in another village in the high mountains of the Himalayas. She kept talking non-stop while eating the wedding dinner.
The Great Khan conveyed his great wisdom to his younger brother, and other men who respected him, and said, "If you eat, you should eat. You should not talk."
After the dinner, when all the menfolk assembled outside, below the Chinar Trees, his wife's brother, whom he hated, was talking to his donkey herdsman, and was eating dates and almonds at the same time. Thus, the Great Khan once again conveyed his great wisdom to all the men assembled there, and said, "If you talk, you should talk. You should not eat." And, all the men assembled there, nodded in agreement, for they knew that the Great Khan was a very wise man, and that he had a lot to teach.
Now, the wife's brother, whom the Great Khan hated, had heard both these statements of wisdom from the Great Khan and memorised them, for he did wish that he would also become wise, one day.
After a couple of hours of siesta below the Chinar trees, in the cool afternoon wind of the high Himalayas, and after 2-3 rounds of drinking tea, the Great Khan was in his real element of conveying wisdom and kept talking and kept eating some excellently cooked tandoor kababs and tasty rotis.
The wife's brother, whom the Great Khan hated, was puzzled, and since he did want to gain wisdom, he asked, when none would dare, and said, "O Great Khan, you said today that when one would eat, one should not talk. And when one would talk, one should not eat. Yet, you are eating and talking and talking and eating. How is that?"
The Great Khan replied, thus, to all the men on that day, and since then, it is great wisdom and you should follow it carefully - "If you eat, you should eat. You should not talk. If you talk, you should talk. You should not eat. If you would talk and eat, you should talk and eat." And all the men assembled there, nodded in agreement, for they knew that the Great Khan was a very wise man, and he had a lot to teach.
The Great Khan conveyed his great wisdom to his younger brother, and other men who respected him, and said, "If you eat, you should eat. You should not talk."
After the dinner, when all the menfolk assembled outside, below the Chinar Trees, his wife's brother, whom he hated, was talking to his donkey herdsman, and was eating dates and almonds at the same time. Thus, the Great Khan once again conveyed his great wisdom to all the men assembled there, and said, "If you talk, you should talk. You should not eat." And, all the men assembled there, nodded in agreement, for they knew that the Great Khan was a very wise man, and that he had a lot to teach.
Now, the wife's brother, whom the Great Khan hated, had heard both these statements of wisdom from the Great Khan and memorised them, for he did wish that he would also become wise, one day.
After a couple of hours of siesta below the Chinar trees, in the cool afternoon wind of the high Himalayas, and after 2-3 rounds of drinking tea, the Great Khan was in his real element of conveying wisdom and kept talking and kept eating some excellently cooked tandoor kababs and tasty rotis.
The wife's brother, whom the Great Khan hated, was puzzled, and since he did want to gain wisdom, he asked, when none would dare, and said, "O Great Khan, you said today that when one would eat, one should not talk. And when one would talk, one should not eat. Yet, you are eating and talking and talking and eating. How is that?"
The Great Khan replied, thus, to all the men on that day, and since then, it is great wisdom and you should follow it carefully - "If you eat, you should eat. You should not talk. If you talk, you should talk. You should not eat. If you would talk and eat, you should talk and eat." And all the men assembled there, nodded in agreement, for they knew that the Great Khan was a very wise man, and he had a lot to teach.
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