2. Next Gomukha started narrating the story of Kumudikā:- The Story of Kumudikā In the city of Pratiṣṭhāna, there lived a king named Vikramasiṃha. His wife wa...
10. Śaktiyaśo-lambaka अवारणीयं रिपुभिर्-वारणीयं करं नुमः | हेरम्बस्य ससिन्दूरम्-असिन्दूरम्-अघच्छिदं || avāraṇīyaṃ ripubhir-vāraṇīyaṃ k...
While ‘kapālin’ is taken in literal sense before the word Pāṇigrahaṇa which literally just means holding hands is turned to the other meaning, taking one’s hand...
In these verses Vyāsa has succinctly described the central focus of his poem and the nature of its characters. This is the way of great poets: they present the...
As Nala was wandering through the forest wearing the cloth torn in half, he saw a forest fire. He heard a voice calling out for help from within it – “O Noble s...
Rāma savoured the recital amid a large group of literary aficionados: sa cāpi rāmaḥ pariṣadgataḥ (1.4.36). This is arguably the best way to appreciate art becau...
Carrying with him the message of the deities, Nala entered the inner apartments of Damayantī and repeated the command of the deities. She heard those words and...
After gaining some composure he decides that bowl should have been taken by either a dog or a buddhist monk. While the comparison of a buddhist monk to a dog mi...
Vālmīki was absorbed in thoughts about his verse when Brahmā visited him: tadgatenaiva manasā vālmīkirdhyānamāsthitaḥ (1.2.28). He was tormented by the impropri...
The Story of Dharmavyādha In the past, when a certain sage who was wandering through a forest and sat down below a tree, a balāka bird’s droppings happened to...
Maharṣi Vālmīki The story narrated in the first four cantos of the Rāmāyaṇa is of great significance to the central concepts of the creative process: poet, poe...
When Devasomā interrupts to say this isn’t the way of buddhists or jains (अर्हन्त can apply to both), Satyasoma scolds them saying that they are fools who contr...