There was a landlord, who, while strolling through his courtyard, saw his gardener watering the leaves and flowers of the plants, but not the roots, and his pandit stuffing his ears, nose and eyes with food and chanting om karnabhyam svaha, om nasikabhyam svaha, om caksurbham svaha.

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This story is to illustrate the foolishness of demigod worshipers.