Acharya Prashant begins by narrating a story about the Prince of Tirmidh and his court jester, Dalqak. The prince criticizes Dalqak for marrying a harlot, suggesting he could have arranged a marriage to a respectable woman. Dalqak responds that he had already married nine respectable and virtuous women, but they all turned into harlots, causing him great grief. He explains that he has now married a known harlot to see what the outcome would be. This is followed by a quote from Rumi about forsaking good sense to cultivate madness and live dangerously. Acharya Prashant explains that the story teaches that nine failed choices should be enough to instill some sense. If one fails to learn from repeated mistakes, they are worse than a court jester, who is a joker. A court jester is an important figure who lightens the mood in a serious court. The jester in the story demonstrates strength by marrying nine times, an act beyond normal human capacity. He realizes that the women he thought were virtuous were, in fact, harlots. To understand the term 'harlot' in a spiritual context, Acharya Prashant refers to Kabir Saheb, explaining there are two types of minds: the devoted one ('Sati') and the adulterous one ('Vyabhicharini' or harlot). A devoted mind, upon feeling a distance from the Truth, feels grief and seeks to return. In contrast, an adulterous mind sees this distance as an opportunity to stray further. In the lexicon of the saints, a harlot is one who is not truly virtuous because Truth is the only virtue. Prostitution, in this sense, is escaping from the Truth to be with something or someone else. The jester, Dalqak, realized that his previous wives were attracted to worldly things like riches, power, or beauty, rather than the Truth, thus proving themselves to be harlots. By marrying a known harlot, he avoids the surprise and grief of this discovery. The lesson here is that what one chooses as virtuous may not be so, and one should not be overly confident in their own choices. As Lao Tzu said, when virtue is called virtue, there is no virtue. Acharya Prashant concludes with another Rumi quote: "When the ocean comes to you as a lover, marry, at once, quickly, for God's sake! Don't postpone it! Existence has no better gift." He emphasizes the preciousness and rarity of the 'ocean' (Truth) and warns against mistaking 'little drops' for it. If one is attached to their own littleness, the great cannot come to them. To understand what comes to you, you must first examine the quality of your own life. If you live a small life, you will only attract small things, not the immense.