Example 3
In another episode, the Jackal’s idea had gone into a zone where nobody knows what would happen. In short it had not thought about all the consequences of his ideas. There is another Jackal who is his friend and alter-ego who points out this mistake. In this context, Panchatantra offers a brilliant framework to think about execution of Ideas called ‘mantragati’ or in short 'The movement or flow of thought, plan, or discourse’.
Panchavidho hi mantrah, sa ca
Karmaṇām ārambha upāyaḥ.
Puruṣadravyasampat
Deśakālavibhāgaḥ
Vinipāta Pratikāraḥ
Kāryasiddhi
One has to think about these 5 aspects when one is executing something
How to start the execution?
Who are the People and Material required to execute?
When and where should the work happen?
What can go wrong? How to mitigate?
Attainment of a goal (outcomes)
The Jackal points out risk mitigation or Vinipāta Pratikāraḥ as the flaw in the current plan to the other Jackal.
Imagine this. This was written 2500 years ago. If you apply this even today, your endeavors will be successful. I am equally humbled and proud to have been born in such a civilization which has such insight and also having this brought this book to fruition. Now, I am hoping you are convinced on the applicability of lessons from Panchatantra for today’s world.
Before we jump into actual lessons, we have to cover a little bit of ground on introducing the Panchatantra, how this series is organized and structured for you to get the maximum benefit from this.
What does Panchatantra contain?
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