Read the previous part here… “Oh mighty king! ShāliHotra (the expert in horses) has recommended a cure for this. कपीनां मेदसा दोषो वह्निदाहसमुद्भवःअश्वानां नाशमभ्येति तमः सूर्योदये यथा – by applying the marrow of the bones of monkeys, the burn wounds of the horses will disappear, like darkness disappears when the sun rises. You will have to act fast, o king, before the horses …
Read the previous part here… Even the best of families are torn apart due to quarrels. Good friendships end because of a rude word, empires crumble because of ill-rule and people lose fame and respect because of their bad actions. And so, before we all perish, let us leave this place and go somewhere far …
Read the previous part here… He who acts out of greed and without thinking of the consequences, gets cheated, much like ChandraBhoopati. VairāgyaKumar said “How did that happen?” TruptaKumar replied… चन्द्रभूपतिकथा The story of King Chandra In a city, not too far away from here, lived a king named Chandra. His son liked to play …
Read the previous part here… He who worries about what has not happened, or what will not happen, becomes white and sleeps, just like the father of SomaSharma. “How did that happen?”, said TruptaKumar. VairāgyaKumar replied… सोमशर्मपितृकथा The story of SomaSharma’s father In a city, not too far away from here, lived a miserly Brahmin. …
Read the previous part here… Manthara reached home by evening. “My dear, my dear”, he called out as he walked through the door. Seeing her in the kitchen, he went to her and said “My dear, today I had the good fortune of seeing a Yaksha. He has promised to give me whatever I ask …
Read the previous part here… He who has no sense of his own, and does not heed the advice of his friends, dies like the weaver Manthara. TruptaKumar said “How did that happen?” VairāgyaKumar replied… मन्थरकौलिककथा The story of the weaver named Manthara In a city, not too far away from here, lived a weaver …
Read the previous part here… Chatura smirked. “Uncle dearest, it’s fine, the poetry and all. But the fact is that you don’t know to sing. All you do is bray. And so, why take unnecessary risks, when you can be silent and enjoy the delicious cucumbers?” Now Uddata became furious. “Are you implying that I …
Read the previous part here… The one with a hundred tricks sat on the head of the fisherman, the one with a thousand tricks is hanging by the fisherman’s arm…I with only one trick am happily swimming in the water! VairāgyaKumar continued “You also said that intelligence is better than education, but I don’t believe …
Read the previous part here… “That is why I said”, concluded TruptaKumar – Though well-versed in the sciences, if you have no practical knowledge, you will become the object of ridicule, much like those foolish pundits were ridiculed by everyone, since they had no knowledge of worldly-affairs. “You didn’t listen to me when I told …
Read the previous part here… The third pundit exclaimed “इष्टं धर्मेण योजयेत् – One should tie a well-wisher to Dharma” and so the fourth grabbed the donkey and tied it to the camel. In the meantime, someone from the crowd went and narrated this incident to the washerman, whose donkey now stood tied awkwardly to …
