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Once Akbar’s court was visited by an eminent Pundit who was well versed in many languages. He challenged everybody in the Court that he could answer any question in any language.
He told Emperor Akbar that by the following day, his courtiers should guess his mother tongue correctly and if they failed to do so, he would assume that he was superior to all his courtiers. Birbal accepted the challenge and asked for some time till the next morning.
That night Birbal went to Pundit's house and entered his bedroom. When the Pundit was fast asleep, Birbal tickled his ear with hay.
The Pundit’s sleep was disturbed, he turned to the other side and slept, again Birbal tickled his other ear. Now Pundit's sleep was disturbed he woke up and loudly said “Yevvurura Adi” (Who is that?) and seeing no one he went back to sleep. Birbal came out of his house unnoticed.
The next morning, the court assembled, and the Pundit was also invited. Pundit again started in different languages, finally Birbal said that ‘TELUGU’ is the mother tongue of the Pundit. The Pundit was very much surprised at Birbal's answer and he accepted the defeat and left the court.
Akbar asked Birbal, how he found out the true mother tongue. Birbal narrated the happenings of the previous night. Akbar praised Birbal for his timely Wisdom.
