We may remember Teachers Day as the day when we decorated the blackboard (or green board, as was in our case), and wished our teachers and thanked them for teaching us well. We may not have understood the importance of teachers day then, as we do now. Today, we live in different parts of the …
Read the previous part here… Somalika made a rope of Kusha grass, tied one end of it around his neck, and the other end around the branch of the tree. As he got ready to jump off, he heard a loud voice. It said… The voice said “Hey Somilaka! Stop! Don’t jump. I am the …
Read the previous part here… “Your karma and destiny will follow you wherever you go. And so it is better that you stay here and continue to work hard…”, she advised. Somilaka replied “I don’t think that way. Karma has no consequence if one does not put in effort. It has been said…” यथैकेन न …
Read the previous part here… What can be burdensome for an able man? What task is far-fetched for one who is hard-working? What place is alien for the wise? Who can be distant from a man who speaks well? Mantharaka continued “My dear Hiranyaka, you are intelligent, and will understand this easily. उत्साह-सम्पन्नम् अदीर्घ-सूत्रं क्रिया-विधिज्ञं …
Read the previous part here… “And so, after experiencing all the good and the bad that the world had to offer, I felt disillusioned with that place and decided to come here with LaghuPatanaka. This, in short, was the cause of my loss in interest and dispassion. Mantharaka smiled, and said “My dear, LaghuPatanaka is …
Read the previous part here… The guard had a daughter called Vinayavatee (the one who is disciplined). She was a pretty young girl, and was waiting for her own lover, who she had invited to spend the night, since she knew that she would be alone at home. This was her room, and she had …
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 …
