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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
