From the epics
Stories from the Indian astrological tradition.
Hand-curated stories from the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavata Purana, Padma Purana, Skanda Purana, Buddhist Jataka tales, the Tamil Sangam corpus, and oral folk traditions of Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra. Each story sourced to a specific text. Five to ten minutes per story. Every translation is hand-authored.
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Pl. IKrishna leela
The day Krishna walked alone into Duryodhana's court to prevent a war
In a packed audience hall, on the morning before the eighteen-day war, Krishna made one final offer. Not the kingdom. Not half the kingdom. Five villages, one for each brother, any five the king cared to name. The court went still.
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Krishna lifts Mount Govardhan, India, 17th c.
Pl. IIKrishna leela
The jewel that produced gold each day, and the false accusation Krishna walked into a cave to clear
Within a single afternoon the rumour was through every street of Dwaraka: the king had killed a man for a stone. Krishna heard it and did not deny it. He saddled a horse, picked up three trackers, and rode into the forest to find out what had actually happened.
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Sudāmā at the glimpse of Krishna’s palace, Pahari, c.1775
Pl. IIIKrishna leela
The king who slept through ages, and woke when Krishna ran into his cave
A foreign warlord chased Krishna into a mountain cave, sword drawn, certain he had cornered him. Inside, on a stone slab, lay a sleeping king who had been waiting for this exact intrusion since before Krishna was born.
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The Battle at Lanka, Sahibdin, Mewar, 1649 to 1653