Read the previous part here… Rishi Kaṇva was pleased. “You have promised to protect all living beings, and have thus made me very happy. You can ask me for any vardāna (boon) that you desire!” The king, who was well-versed in the matters of timing, replied… “Oh great Rishi, if you are truly pleased with …
Here is what I thought yesterday. Today, I showered, shaved, put on a new shirt, and reached the venue an hour in advance. Me and my fellow speakers had a jamming session over coffee, just to warm up. The session was at 10 am. Or so I thought. When I walked up to the backstage …
Well, the title is a bit misleading. I have been speaking, and speaking quite a bit the past one year. Zoom and Google Meet have it’s advantages, but one main disadvantage is that average call times have increased by yards. Apparently, if you are online, you are available to speak more and more…and more. Not …
Read the previous part here… The āshrama was full of rishis and sādhakās, who went about their daily tasks. In the middle, under a tree, sat Rishi Kaṇva surrounded by many shishyās. Candrāvaloka walked up to him, and when he reached, prostrated at the great rishi’s feet. Rishi Kaṇva welcomed him, offered him a seat, …
Read the previous part here… “Truthfully, his beauty can satisfy the thirst of the whole wide world…” As she thought this way, she rose up, and tried to start walking away, but her legs seemed to lose all power of movement… अथोपेत्य स राजा ताम् एवं नागरिको ऽब्रवीत् ।आस्तां प्रथमदृष्टस्य दर्शनैकफलार्थिनः ॥ १२,२७.२७ ॥ जनस्य …
Read the previous part here… Like Indrā, he made mighty birds fall to the ground, by clipping their wings with his sharp vajra-like arrows… In the heat of the chase, he kept spurring his horse to go faster and faster, and the horse, egged on by the strokes of the whip, didn’t care for the …
Read the previous part here… Manaḥsvāmin was paid for his services, and so he wasn’t considered the father. The thief, on the other hand, gave his entire wealth to his wife, and thus owned the kshetra, as he paid for her and the child’s maintenance. The king was also not the true father. While he …
For those who don’t know yet, my whole team and me have been working remotely, from 15 months now. That is more than a year, working from our homes, or WFH, as it is called. Today got me thinking – what next? Do we continue this way even after the storm has cleared? Or would …
Well, I finished the nineteenth Vetāla yesterday, and there are six more to go. I hope that you are enjoying these stories. As I had stated before, a lot of them sound incredible, many may even seem pointless. But rest assured, each one of these stories can be read differently, with a deeper meaning, and …
Read the previous part here… “So tell me, o King, to which hand should the king offer the pinda-dānā? And what did this all mean?“ “Remember, if you know the answer, and don’t tell me the truth, your head will burst into a hundred pieces!“ इति वेतालतः श्रुत्वा मुक्तमौनः स भूपतिः ।तं त्रिविक्रमसेनो ऽत्र धर्मज्ञः …
