English Translation of A R Krishna Shastry's Kathāmṛta
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...
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...
10. Śaktiyaśo-lambaka अवारणीयं रिपुभिर्-वारणीयं करं नुमः | हेरम्बस्य ससिन्दूरम्-असिन्दूरम्-अघच्छिदं || avāraṇīyaṃ ripubhir-vāraṇīyaṃ k...
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...
गौरीनवपरिष्वङ्गे विभोः स्वेदाम्बु पातु वः | नेत्राग्निभीत्या कामेन वारुणास्त्रमिवाहितं || May the sweat beads adorning Shiva, brought about by his embra...
The Story of Śūryavarmā There lived a royal servant called Śūryavarmā. Once, when he came home, found that his wife was in the company of his friend. He withhe...
Narrating this story to Sañjīvaka, Damanaka said: ‘Thus a wise man remains steadfast when danger approaches. Now, this is what you must do. When Piṅgalaka rises...
There lived a man who had a beautiful wife; fearing that she might have an affair, he monitored her at all times. Once, he had to travel to another plac...
In Pāṭalīputra lived two brāhmaṇas - Yajñasoma and Kīrtisoma. Among the two, the younger one, Kīrtisoma, flourished through the business he set up with the weal...
A fool went to a lake to drink water; he saw the reflection of a bird called svarṇa-cūḍa and thought that there was gold fallen in the waters. He jumped...
A poor man once found a bag of gold coins. While he could have gone elsewhere, he foolishly sat down at the same place and started counting the coins. In the me...
Early next morning, the three men began their journey. After travelling for several hours, they came by a pond and rested there until the sun went down. At nigh...