Tenali Raman was the favorite fool of the Emperor and often presumed to make fun of proud nobles. Sometimes, he even had no respect for the Emperor himself. For fear of his jigs advisors told the Emperor, Krishna Deva Raya, about some of his acrid jokes and prevailed on him to forbid the fool to enter the palace at least for the period of the spring festival.
The Emperor took their advice and said strictly,
"You must not even look into the palace! If you go against my wish, you will be given a sound beating."
On the next day, just before the festival began, the advises reported to Emperor Raya that Tenali Raman was in the palace and was amusing courtiers with jokes.
"Ah! He broke his ban!" burst out the Emperor with indignation and hurried to the hall. Clasping the baculus and gathering his brows, he ranged his eyes round the hall and…burst out laughing. The Emperor's fool was pacing the hall with a big pot on his head. The pot fully covered his eyes. Tanali Raman was immediately forgiven and amply rewarded by the Emperor.

Electronic text: Moshkov Library