Best of Hitopadesh is a collection of moral stories written from extracts of panchatantra and other great works. The meaning of "Hitopadesha" is to instruct in a gentle way. In these stories, the animals are chosen as the basic characters to depict the nature of human life. Even though characters of the stories are animals but they are depictiong the traits and mentality of human being. It is an attempt to present the stories in very easy language, so that every age group can read them with interest. The stories are full of wit and humour.