37: The Brahmin's Dream - A Panchatantra Story About the Castles We Build in Our Heads

The Long Thread - Ancient Stories For The Present Moment. · May 4, 2026 · 6m

A story from the Panchatantra about the most human mistakein the entire collection.A poor Brahmin received a pot full of rice flour - more than he had seen in months.He hung it beside his bed, lay down, and began to think.If a famine came, he could sell the flour for a hundred silver coins.With that he could buy goats.The goats would become cows.The cows would become a house.The house would come with a wife.The wife would bear him a son.He named the boy Soma Sharma.Soma Sharma was, as sons tend to be, somewhat difficult.Still fast asleep - the Brahmin drew back his foot and kicked.His pot…