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But Tenali stepped forward. “Your Majesty, mercy is like water in a mud pot—plain on the outside, but precious within. Let him stay. But let him serve one week as a street sweeper. Let him learn that all work is sacred, and all people deserve respect.”

Dīpaka draped silk and gold leaf across every pillar, hung ruby-like lanterns, and laid a carpet of jasmine and marigold. When finished, he stood before the King, chest puffed. “Your Majesty, even Indra’s court will look barren next to this!” tenali rama ep 184

When the kingdom’s chief decorator mocks Tenali Raman’s simple wisdom, the court jester uses a clever riddle to prove that true value lies not in glittering ornaments, but in a sharp mind. But Tenali stepped forward

The court laughed, but Dīpaka was furious. That night, he bribed a servant to smear cow dung on Tenali’s doorstep. The next morning, when Tenali stepped out, he slipped and fell, his clothes ruined. But let him serve one week as a street sweeper

The courtiers guessed—jewelry, secrets, promises. All wrong.

“I decorated palaces,” he whispered, “but I never learned to decorate my own heart.”

Tenali smiled. “Now you have. Now you are truly an artist.”