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In front of so many people, he had been slapped -- this could not be tolerated.
So he slapped the next man who was standing by his side. And he did a good job; that man could not believe: "What is happening, and what kind of thing is this? I have done nothing." But now there was no need to bother about it, Birbal had opened the door. That man didn't think much, he slapped the next man. It is said that that slapping went on all over the capital -- whoever was lower was hit.
And in the night, the queen suddenly hit Akbar. He said, "What are you doing?" She said, "I don't know what is happening, but it is going on all over in the capital. Somebody has hit me, and of course, she was one of your wives" -- Akbar had five hundred wives -- "and she was a senior one, so I could not hit her back."
The queen was the youngest wife -- of course she had more power over Akbar than any other wife; she was the most beautiful. She said, "I cannot hit anybody else but you." Akbar said, "This is strange. This is my own slap that has come back to me, having taken a round all over the city!"
Hierarchies serve a purpose. And there are not only hierarchies in the government, in the church, in political parties; there are hierarchies in the house, in the family. If you look closely, you will find you are almost a standing member of many hierarchies. Many roads pass through you... somebody is higher, somebody is lower.
This whole game that goes on is because of the will to power. All are under it. It is life's intrinsic law.
The husband comes from the office -- the boss has been angry. And although he was abusing and humiliating him, he had to continue to smile, although he wanted to hit him or kill him. But that is too risky, too dangerous -- he cannot afford it. Full of anger he comes home and starts fighting with his wife. And she cannot believe it; she has not done anything. The whole day she has been working -- preparing his food, his clothes, his house, taking care of the children -- and then he comes and starts shouting and insulting her.
But she cannot say anything to him; she is financially dependent on him. She will have to wait
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