Month: May 2021

The dilemma…

Read the previous part here… In this city, King Candraprabha fasted and performed tapasya, distributed more of his wealth and fed more Brāhmans, and performed the śrāddha. He then went to Vārāṇasī, which seemed by the silken flags of it’s temples, tossed about in the gusts of wind, to cry out from afar… “Come here, …

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The pilgrimage…

Read the previous part here… “You should not have such doubts, and hesitate so much! I have to go, for my father’s sake, and I have to make the pilgrimage when I am young and able-bodied.” “For who knows what will happen tomorrow, to this physical body that can die in a moment?” “So let …

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To mask or not to mask…

You can read the previous part here… And so, when I get my second dose tomorrow, I will say a small prayer of thanks. For the life that I have got, for it’s comforts, for the good food I eat, and for all the privileges that I have. Sometimes, we just don’t remember. Maybe such …

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One for the father…

Read the previous part here… “This child has been given to me by none other than Śiva himself” thought Sūryaprabha as he took the infant in his arms, and walked back into his palace. He then threw a magnificent feast, and the whole kingdom was entertained for twelve full days, with food, and song and …

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The final frontier…hopefully

You can read the previous part here… So I had provisioned for a quiet day, without work and spent largely with myself. Am liking it, but will be raring to go back to work and family, and Vetāla by tomorrow. See you then. And yes, GO TAKE THE VACCINE! Tomorrow, I become invincible. Or maybe …

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Candraprabha…

Read the previous part here… When Manaḥsvāmin received the money, he went with the maid to the chambers of Dhanavatī, where she was waiting for him eagerly. As Manaḥsvāmin saw Dhanavatī, his heart skipped a beat, much like the chakora bird gets delighted on seeing the moon. And so he spent the night with her, …

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A deal is a deal…

Read the previous part here… Even through Manaḥsvāmin was of high birth, and well-educated, he was so bound by his desires that he fell in love with a courtesan named Hamsāvalī. She knew his desperation, and so demanded a fee of five hundred gold coins for him to see her and spend time with her. …

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The newly-wedded widow…

Read the previous part here… “I may have done a lot of bad deeds in my life, but I want to make up for at least a part of it by doing this…once I get married to your daughter, I will give her permission to have a son from any other man, and whosoever be …

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The thief’s proposal…

Read the previous part here… As she ran along in the darkness, as fate would have it, her shoulder brushed hard against a thief who had been impaled on a stake. He was still alive, and his pain being aggravated by the blow he received, he cried out in pain.. “Oh no! I am hurting, …

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The wife and the thief…

Read the previous part here… The talk of मार​ (Manmatha) only happened during lovemaking, and not due to people speaking of death… हेमदण्ड (clubs of gold) only existed in the hands of doorkeepers, and not as levies of fines and taxes on people… And so Sūryaprabha was rich in all manners, and had all the …

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