Story of the servant who tasted the fruit.35
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Somadeva Bhatta, active 11th century and Tawney, C. H. (Charles Henry)
A certain householder had a stupid servant. As the householder was fond of ámalakas, he said to his servant, “Go, and bring me some perfectly sweet ámalakas from the garden.” The foolish fellow bit every one, to taste if it was sweet, and then brought them, and said; “Look, master, I tasted these and found them sweet, before bringing them.” And his master, seeing that they were half eaten, sent them away in disgust and his stupid servant too.
“Thus a foolish person ruins his master’s interests and then his own, and here by way of episode hear the story of the two brothers.”