Read the previous part here… The pearl is smooth, beautiful and unbroken…yet gets bound in a thread when a hole is pieced in it’s centre. Similarly, a man could be without enemies, well-behaved and pleasant in character. But he is defeated by his smallest weaknesses. And so, the fox approached the tiger, with his head …
Read the previous part here… How is your goodness worthy, if you only good to people who are good to you? He who is good to people who have even harmed him, is a truly good man, so say the wise. RaktaMukha replied… “In that case, return home, and fight him. The wise have said… …
Read the previous part here… He who is arrogant and foolish enough to disobey the words of the wise and his well-wishers, perishes quickly, much like the camel with the bell tied around it’s neck. KarālaMukha said “How did that happen?” RaktaMukha replied… घण्टोष्ट्रकथा The story of the camel with the bell around it’s neck …
Read the previous part here… You have double the intelligence that I have. Your lover is gone. You lost your husband as well. Oh naked lady, what are you waiting for? As KarālaMukha concluded this story, another friend of his came around and said… “O KarālaMukha! What are you doing here? Your house has been …
Read the previous part here… You have double the intelligence that I have. Your lover is gone. You lost your husband as well. Oh naked lady, what are you waiting for? RaktaMukha said “How did that happen?” KarālaMukha replied… नग्निकाहालिकवधूकथा The story of the farmer’s naked wife In a village not very far away from …
Read the previous part here… Though well-disguised, seemingly frightful and clad in tiger-skin, the donkey got killed because of his voice. KarālaMukha said “How did that happen?” RaktaMukha replied… वाचालरासभकथा The story of the talkative donkey In a village not very far away from here, lived a washerman named ShuddhaPata (the clean cloth). He had …
Read the previous part here… What will not man for a woman do, when heads are shaved, at odd times too? What will not man for a woman say, when those who are not horses, neigh? KarālaMukha said “How did that happen?” RaktaMukha replied… नन्दवररुचिकथा The story of Nanda and VaraRuchi Once, not very long …
Read the previous part here… She then said “You have no one to help you, once we reach the new village. I also wouldn’t have anyone to speak with, since I wouldn’t know anyone there. And so, I suggest that we take this cripple with us.” “But I don’t have enough strength to walk myself, …
Read the previous part here… I left my family for her, and gave her half my life, she left me now without a second thought, what man can trust such a wife? KarālaMukha said “How did that happen?” RaktaMukha replied… ब्राह्मणदम्पत्योः कथा The story of the Brahmin couple In a village, not so far away from …
Read the previous part here… My son! You are brave, learned and handsome. But in the family you were born into, no elephants are slain. The potter said “How did that happen?” The king replied… सिंहशृगालपुत्रयोः कथा The story of the lion cubs and the fox cub In a forest, not so far away from here, …
