English Translation of A R Krishna Shastry's Kathāmṛta
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...
The following night Gomukha narrated this story to entertain Naravāhanadatta– A great muni resided in Dhāreśvara. He addressed his disciples, ‘If any of you ha...
नमताशेषविघ्नौघवारणं वारणाननम् | कारणं सर्वसिद्धीनां दुरितार्णववारणम् || We pray to the elephant faced Ganeśa, who removes all traces of torrents of obst...
अव्याद्वो विघ्नविध्वंसकीर्तिस्तम्भमिवोत्क्षिपन् । करं गणपतिः क्रीडालीनभृङ्गाक्षरावलिम् ॥ [Let the deity, Gaṇeśa protect you, he plants his trunk like a...
The story of Bhadrabāhu and his intelligent minster There lived a king named Bhadrabāhu in the Magadha kingdom. He had an intelligent minister named Mantragupt...
He was delighted to see Vinayavatī who was gathering flowers on the river bank while he was on the way to take bath. He bathed and by the time he came back, the...
Now, I will explain the meaning of the phenomenon you saw in the lake. The incidents there indicate what will befall Mṛgāṅkadatta in the future. He is the lion...
The prince rode with his army to the borders of Vidiśānagara and sent word through an emissary to king Meghamālin seeking the hand of princess Haṃsāvalī. An ela...
Now, we have to escape from here with great speed; else, fearing that his secret will be revealed, he will kill me. Since this room has been locked from outside...