Read the previous part here… After a while, a second person questioned him, and Bhagyadatta had the same response. In fact, whenever anyone asked him anything, he replied in the same manner. And so, everyone in the city started to call him “प्राप्तव्यमर्थं” (Prāptavyamartha) The king of that city had a young and beautiful daughter …
Read the previous part here… Dejected, I slowly walked back home, and reached early in the morning. As I was entering what was left of my fortress, I overheard my servants talking to each other…. They were saying “There is no use of being around Hiranyaka now; he is incapable of providing us food. Not …
Read the previous part here… And so, frightened at the turn of events, I decided to take my followers on a path different from my usual route, and away from my fortress. I had just set out when… I had just set out when I saw a big cat standing ahead in our path. We …
Read the previous part here… In what place, or time, or age, or manner, one performs his actions, in that place, at that time, at that age and in that manner will he receive the fruits of those actions. “And so this is what I will do”, thought Dirgharava… “I will ration this food in …
Read the previous part here… When the mother tried to exchange the husked sesame seeds for the unhusked ones, she surely had a good reason. TaamraChooda said ” How did that happen?” Brihatsphinga replied… तिलचूर्णविक्रयकथा The story of the sesame seeds “Once, during a monsoon season a couple of years back, I had requested a …
Read the previous part here… One day TaamraChooda decided to catch me and beat me up. He bought an old bamboo stick, and kept hitting the bowl throughout the night, as he lay half-awake. I was frightened – I didn’t want the stick to hit me, and so stayed away from the bowl. He spent …
Read the previous part here… LaghuPatanaka set Hiranyaka down at the side of the lake, climbed onto a branch, and yelled out “Hey Mantharaka! Look, it’s your old friend LaghuPatanaka the crow! I have been longing to see you! Come, come fast and hug me!” It is said that fragrant sandal paste, the coolness of …
Read the previous part here… And so Hiranyaka and LaghuPatanaka become as inseparable as the nail and the finger. Forget not stepping out of his fortress, Hiranyaka now started to sit close to LaghuPatanaka, shielded from the sun under his wings, discussing matters of the world. One day, LaghuPatanaka approached Hiranyaka with tears in his …
Read the previous part here… Hearing Hiranyaka’s arguments, Laghpatanaka was at a loss of words. He didn’t know how to give an answer to these clever responses, and instead thought to himself “Amazing! Hiranyaka is so learned, and so well-versed in the strategic and administrative sciences! Its no wonder that I thought of becoming his …
Read the previous part here… And so, to make friends with me, at least come out once and meet me. I feel what I ask is fair”, said LaghuPatanaka. Hiranyaka said “I have to be careful. If I think that no one will harm me just because I am good at heart or talented, then …
