Hitopadesh means beneficial advice. Hitopadesh is a collection of ancient stories that identify our good and bad and give information about the ways to succeed in life. Its stories are full of morality, politics and practical knowledge. Hitopadesh are didactic stories influenced by the Indian public psyche and environment, which are very simple and easy to understand. Stories based on various animals and birds are its special feature and the author has created a story through them, which ends with something instructive. In these stories, animals are shown talking about ethics. By writing this book, Acharya Vishnu Sharma made the three ignorant princes of Pataliputra proficient in politics and practical knowledge in just six months.