The Three Brides Raised Differently
Vikram-Betaal Stories · 1 min read
A wise but curious king raised his three daughters under three deliberately different philosophies: the eldest was taught above all to value devotion and duty to her husband; the second was taught above all to rely on her own sharp intellect in every situation; the youngest was raised believing that fortune and destiny governed everything, and that worry or effort changed little.
When all three grew up and married, disaster struck each household in turn — poverty, danger, betrayal — and the king watched quietly to see how each daughter, shaped by her particular upbringing, would respond.
The eldest, guided by devotion, endured every hardship faithfully by her husband's side, refusing ever to abandon him even when things grew desperate, holding the family together through sheer loyalty. The second, guided by intellect, found clever, practical solutions to each crisis as it came, solving problems the other two could never have untangled alone. The youngest, trusting only in fate, waited calmly through every disaster, and time and again, chance genuinely did turn events back in her favor without any effort of her own.
Watching all three succeed, each in her own entirely different way, the king concluded that no single value — not devotion, not cleverness, not faith in fortune — was truly superior to the others; each simply served its holder best when paired honestly with the nature they'd been given.
Moral of the story
There is no single right way to face life — different strengths, honestly lived, can each lead to their own success.