Chapter : Three; Future Lies in Present
One day a cowboy with a few cows started to get them to the nearest field. On his way, he met an old wise man with an umbrella.
āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻā§ā§āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻŽāĻžāĻ ā§ āĻ°āĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤āĻĒāĻĨāĻŋāĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤
He was a unique man. He used to give advice to the villagers. The villagers came to him regularly for advice.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¸āĻ¤
Seeing the man, the cowboy asked him for advice for his future. While talking to the man, the cowboy lost his concentration on the cows and therefore, they got scattered (running here and there) in different directions.
āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻšā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§ā§ ā§¯āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§ā§ā§) āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
The old man smiled and said, âTake care of the cattle before you seek advice.â But the cowboy couldnât understand.
āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨, “āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻļā§āĻ° āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĨ¤” āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
âWould you please explain it,â he asked the wise man. The wise man told the cowboy that his present led him to the future.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛, “āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ°āĻš āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻŦā§āĻ¨?” āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Vocabulary
Words | Bengali Meaning | Synonyms/ Meaning | Antonyms |
Cowboy (n) | āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ | One who tends cattle, cattlemen | |
A few (adj.phr) | āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻ, āĻ āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻā§ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ | Some, not many | Many, plentiful |
Wise (adj) | āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ | Learned, knowledgeable | Stupid, foolish |
Unique (adj) | āĻ āĻ¨āĻŖā§āĻ¯, āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°, āĻ āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ | Only, exclusive | Common, ordinary |
Used to (V. phr) | āĻ¸āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖāĻ¤ | Usually in the past, would | Used not to, usednât to |
Villager (n) | āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§ | A person who lives in a village, resident | Foreigner, outsider |
Regularly (adv) | āĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋā§āĻ¤ | Frequently, usually | Irregularly, unusually |
Concentration (n) | āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ | Alternativeness, focus | Distraction, inattention |
Scatter (v) | āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻā§āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž | Disperse | Gather, collect |
Cattle (n) | āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻĒāĻļā§ | Cows, kine | |
Explain (v) | āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ | Describe, clarify | Confuse, conceal |
Lead | āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĨāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž | Guide, conduct, show | Follow, lag, go after |