Noble Beggar

One day the Emperor asked Birbal, “Birbal, is it possible to be the both “noblest” and the “lowest” together?” Birbal said, “Yes, Jahaanpanaah”  “Then bring me such a person.”

Birbal went and returned the next day with a beggar and presenting him to Akbar said, “This is the lowest among all of your subjects, Jehanpanah” Akbar asked, “Good, that may be true, but I don’t see that how he can be the noblest?”

“He has been given the honor of having an audience with the Emperor, that makes him the noblest among the beggars, Jahaapanaah.”