Lord Brahma, the creator of the elephant, whale, anaconda, lion, and tiger, was about to create a new animal. He called a storekeeper to ask for the necessary elements, but the storekeeper informed him that the supplies of earth, water, and fire had been depleted. Brahma, being generous with air and space, created a horse that was obsessed with freedom and wanted to run faster than the wind.
Man lived by the side of the field, and when he saw the horse running in the field, he thought it would be a big help for his marketing trips. He lassoed the horse one day, put a saddle on its back, and a bridle with a bit in its mouth. He whipped the animal on its shoulders and kicked it with spurred shoes. In addition, there were assaults on its torso. If the horse were left free in the fields, man put walls around it, but the elemental air and space ushered the animal towards freedom but could not save it from the shackles.
When it became unbearable, the horse started kicking the walls of the stable, causing more injuries than the walls. The stable lads used their clubs with such vigor that the horse did not even have the strength to lift its legs for kicking. Man called his neighbors and said, “There is no other animal that is as devoted to its master as this one of mine.” The neighbors also thought that the sound did not have the tone of deep gratitude. So many appliances were designed to keep the animal’s mouth shut, but the cries could not be stopped unless breathing is.
One day, Brahma woke up from his meditation and looked at the open field on earth. There was no sign of the horse there. He called Yama, the god of death, and said, “It must be your doing. You have consumed my horse.” Yama told Brahma that if you don’t set the animal free, I will give it claws and teeth like the tiger’s, and the animal will be useless to you.
Man said, “That would be a shame! That would only indulge violence. But Grandpa, whatever you say, this animal of yours is not worth setting free. I have spent a lot of money to build the stable only to help the animal. A grand stable, you must agree.”
Brahma stubbornly agreed to set the horse free, but only for a week. If after that, you still insist that your open field is better for the animal than my stable, I will concede.”
Man let the animal in the field but tied its two front legs with a sturdy rope. The horse could only move with a gait that was worse than a frog’s leaps. Brahma lived far away in heaven, but could see the movement of the horse, but could not see the rope that tied its legs. He blushed at the clownish gait of the animal of his own creation and said, “I made a mistake.”
Man folded his hands and said, “What shall I do now with this creature? If you have fields in your heavenly abode, I can send it there.”
Brahma said hurriedly, “No no, take it back to your stable.” Man said, “But, Revered Creator, that will be a big burden for mankind to bear.”
Brahma said, “That is what humanity is all about.”
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