In a village, there lived a wealthy trader named Dhanikalal. He had two sons, Chunnilal and Munnilal. The elder son, Chunnilal, used to travel for business with his father, which made him clever and resourceful. He even had some money and nice belongings. The younger son, however, stayed at home tending to animals and eating, which made him quite simple-minded—straightforward and plain! His parents considered him foolish. When Dhanikalal grew old, he told Chunnilal, "My hands and legs are trembling, my eyes are failing, now you must go out and do business to earn profit!"

On his father’s advice, one day, Chunnilal set out early with seven hundred horses. He spent three days on the journey. On the fourth day, he arrived at the kingdom of a powerful king and, having settled in a city similar to Kolkata, he started selling horses. Within a few days, he sold the horses for seventy lakhs. With the money tied around his waist, he went to the capital to buy goods. While there, he wanted to see the king's garden, but the guard stopped him, saying only the king's men could enter, and no one else was allowed without the king's order. Still wanting to go in, the soldiers beat him and took away his money. They then caught him and brought him before the king, who imprisoned him.

It had been four or five years since Chunnilal had left home, and his father Dhanikalal began to worry but felt helpless as he could do nothing about it. Then the younger brother, Munnilal, said, "I will go looking for my brother, and I won't return home until I find him." Despite his father's objections, Munnilal set out early from home.

Days passed without food or water. On the second day, someone asked him to help carry their goods. He delivered the goods and earned a penny. In the scorching heat and thirst, he went to a well and, ready with a penny to buy food, he felt sorry for a beggar who appeared to him, starved after five days. He gave all his food to the beggar. The beggar then gave him a medicinal herb, promising that if it was ground and mixed in water, it could bring back a dead person to life, and if given to the living, it would revive a fainted person.

Munnilal took the herb to a large city where the king's son was seriously ill and no remedies had worked for him. Munnilal claimed he could save the king's son. The king welcomed him with respect and said, "If you can revive my son, I will reward you with plenty of wealth, if not, I will imprison you." Munnilal accidentally ground half the herb and gave it to the king's son. Now the king's son became even more restless. Enraged, the king imprisoned Munnilal. When he saw his brother in prison, both of them began to weep. Seeing the tears, Munnilal remembered that he should have ground the herb’s root. So, he sent a message to the king that he wanted to provide one more meal and medicine. The king ordered him to proceed, and Munnilal ground the root of the herb and fed it to the king's son, who then got up laughing. The king and everyone were overjoyed. The king said, "Now, ask for anything you want, and I will grant it!" Munnilal replied, "Release all the prisoners you have in your palace, and I want nothing for myself!"

Now, when Munnilal returned home with his brother Chunnilal, the soldiers, fearing the king's wrath, returned all his money. The two brothers returned home loaded with gold, silver, and money. Chunnilal thought Munnilal would now be respected at home, so he plotted to kill him. One day, while Munnilal was drawing water from a well, Chunnilal pushed him in and took all his wealth. Munnilal remained stuck in the well due to the low water. After some time, a water carrier from a merchant came to fetch water and he caught hold of her bucket. When she asked what was happening, he replied, "I'm not a god, sage, demon, ghost, or spirit. I am just a person, and my brother pushed me in!" Seeing Munnilal's handsome, young appearance and his clothes, the girl realized he must be the king's son. She pulled him out of the well and took him to the merchant. The merchant had a daughter who was as beautiful as a fairy. She fell in love with him, thinking he was the prince. After a few days, the merchant married them off. The couple lived happily together. After some days, Munnilal asked for permission to return home.

Meanwhile, Chunnilal had begun trading in another city with cannabis and bhang. He earned a lot of money and built a mansion and bought a car, living luxuriously. One day, someone revealed everything about him to the king, who then surrounded Chunnilal's house. Hearing this, Chunnilal fled in fear. On the way, he ran into someone, and that person died. Now Chunnilal was panic-stricken! Looking back, he realized it was his brother Munnilal. He thought of the fear of the angry king and the misfortune he faced! He wept, and many people gathered around him. From the crowd, a withered, old beggar came forward, ground a root of an herb, and administered it to Munnilal. Munnilal miraculously stood up. Both brothers fell at the feet of the beggar in gratitude. Chunnilal's heart filled with love for his brother, and he felt remorse for his past mistakes. He asked for forgiveness from Munnilal, and the brothers embraced each other.

Then, Chunnilal went with Munnilal to the merchant, where they got married to his daughter. Afterward, Munnilal sought permission to leave for home. The merchant sent him off with plenty of food, wealth, and even horses and elephants, along with his daughter. When Munnilal returned home, he recounted everything to his father. Upon hearing this, Dhanikalal bit his nails in amazement. A few days later, Dhanikalal passed away, and both brothers went into business and lived happily ever after.