Sougraha claimed to be an expert in the craft of taming elephants. The Ra, the local authority equivalent to a king, sought with some urgency a tamer, to tame a wild elephant of your choice.
Knowing the need for Ra, who was called Lauit, Sougraha, who had an exaggerated desire to attract the admiration of others, introduced himself to the dangerous craft. Ra, due to his need, immediately accepted the collaboration of the man, proud, full of vanities, who was ready to tame the sovereign's favorite animal.
However, this vain way of his, after being received by Ra, awakened the witty side in some servants, who, in the face of his conduct of haughtiness and arrogance, made him a joke. They mocked his status as a cocky person, making the tamer feel outraged.
Having a short temper and not having enough serenity, taking everything to fire and iron, the tamer was soon contradicted against those jokes, taking it as an offense to his honor. So he went upstairs, full of rage, rage and rage, and attacked with violence, punches and kicks the ironic young man, author of the jokes.
The palace guards, seeing the aggression, interceded, arresting the tamer and bringing him to the presence of Ra Lauit, the sovereign. Showing indignation, he turned to the vain tamer, asking dryly: “What could have been the reason for this behavior of yours? What was this? Why did you attack my servant?”
With a choked voice, trembling, revealing fragility, the tamer, stripped of his vanity, tried to soften the situation, revealing that, after the audience with Ra, when going down the stairs of the palace, he would have been affronted by a joke from the servant.
He confessed that he couldn't hold back, feeling belittled by the man's banter. Wounded in his vanity, he reacted with extreme violence and repulsion, giving him a beating, but in the presence of Ra, he felt ashamed of his action, trying to get rid of the slight., putting the blame on the impulse of the moment, being something thoughtless, of which he apologized for his slip.
The lord of the small domain of Carvasti, pondering, in a serene tone, answered him: “Sougraha,” he called him by name, “how, my friend, do you intend to tame a wild elephant, if you can’t even contain the beast inside you? own?".
So, he gave him a life lesson: “First, learn to control your impulses, your temper, your anger”. With his head down, the trainer heard the wise words, and in an irrevocable decision, he concluded: "Retreat, educate yourself first, so that you can educate later".
