Motivating Story of Three Idiots
This is a Motivating Story of a Guru, his Gurukulam in the Jungle, his Three Idiot Shishya (Students) and their Guru Dakshina. Since this incident all Schools made it a rule that there will be an Exam to be Passed before you are admitted to the School.
The Forest Guru (Teacher) Gets Three Idiots as Shishya (Students)
The Guru had set up his Gurukulam (Old Indian School) deep in the forest. He used to spend hours meditating and Praying to God. The Gods became very impressed with the Guru and gave him powers.
The Forest Guru Trains the Three Idiots Students
The three idiots were the Guru's first batch of students who were actually ultimate creations of God, three absolute idiots. The three idiots did not learn any thing their whole life with their parents and that is when they heard about the Forest Guru and brought them to the Guru who they thought could tickle their brains to make them stop from doing stupidities.
The Forest Guru gets tired of the Three Idiots
Everyday the Guru made it a point to teach not more than one lesson, one trick or one event because he was told about their mental calibre by their own parents. The Guru had vowed to make them intelligent. He did everything possible humanly to make them learn. He did his best and at times even forgot his daily meditation and prayer regimes so that he could devote more time training his shishya, the three idiots. Finally after about a few months into the training the Forest Guru grew tired of the stupidites his shishya would do the moment his eyes are off them.
The Forest Guru Ends the Three Idiots Course.
The Guru could not take this any more and wanted to now get rid of the three idiots. His reputation was at stake with the very first batch of Shishya. He could not even imagine that. So many years of meditation and prayers to please thd Gods will go waste if he fails to make these three stupid idiots pass out of his jungle Gurukulam institution as intelligent students.
The Guru's Idea ! Throw out the Three Idiots.
The Guru thought for many days, day and night, when he was awake and when he was dreaming, how to get rid of the three idiots shishya. He just decided enough is enough and called his three shishya and said to them, "See my dear Shishya. All of you have done very well. You have learned all the tricks I taught you. All of you have excelled in every test I took. So I have decided that your course should pass out of the Gurukulam as there are no more syllabus left to be taught.
The Three Idiots wants to give Gurudakshina
On hearing the Guru's decision to pass out their course half way through, the three idiots became very happy as they could now go home from this god forbidden jungle where life was very boring and not much scope for doing much stupidities everyday. But that is when they thought about the customary Gurudakshina. (Gurudakshina is something special that the shishya offer their Guru before they go home, after they complete their jungle course. The Gurudakshina is something of a final test of what they have learned at the Gurukulam).
The Guru doesn't want Gurudakshina from the three Idiots.
The three idiots went to their Guru and asked him what he would like to have as Gurudakshina from them. The Guru makes it very clear that he doesnot want anything as Gurudakshina. He just told them to leave the Gurukulam happy. But the three idiots insisted on Gurudakshina.
The Guru asked his Gurudakshina fromt he Three Idiots.
The Guru finally agreed half heartedly and said to his three shishya. If you are so keen on offering Gurudakshina then just go and get me one needle. It will help me stich my torn cloth. The three idiots were very happy to hear that and went out searching for a needle.
The three Idiots finds a Needle and a Big Question
The three shishya went to the nearest village 50 km away on the outskirts of the jungle braving all the jungle animals like tigers, lions, elephants, snakes etc. In the village they were could find a needle and they started back on their 50 km journey to the Gurukulam. When they were half way through the jungle, one of the three idiots said, Hey who will offer the needle?
The Three Idiots Found a Solution to the Daunting Question.
They kept the needle aside and sat down to find a solution to this big question of how can one needle be offered by three shisya as Gurudakshina. They came up with a very novel idea. They identified a large wooden log and stuck the needle on top of the log. Now all three of them lifted the heavy log and started the rest of their journey to the Gurukulam energised only by their happiness of having found a great idea which they were eager to tell their Guru who should praise them for having used all the tips and tricks they had learned at the Gurukulam in solving such an big unanswerable problem.
The Guru Learned a Lesson from the Three Idiots?
The three idiots reached the Gurukulam totally tired and exhaused carrying the half a ton log with the small needle on it. But their spirits were very high. They. kept the log down in front of the Guru and announced. Hey Guru here is your Gurudakshina. The Guru said, I asked you for only a small needle not a wood to make a house. The three idiots were not listening to him. They were searching for the needle they had stuck on the log of wood which somehow was not on the log. It fell off some where long ago in the deep jungle. The Guru threw out the three idiots with all the bad words blurted out in the loudest possible manner with a warning to never return back to his Gurukulam. That day the Guru wrote the first rule in the prospectus of his Gurukulam that there will be a small test will be conducted on the students aspiring to join his Gurukulam. This rule written by this Guru, thousands of years back in a jungle Gurukulam, is being followed even today in all the schools and colleges world over.
Moral of This Motivating Story of Three Idiots
You can't make anything IDIOT-PROOF, because idiots are very Ingenious.
