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brother was named Kundaríka, and he had a wife named Yacobhadrá. One day the elder brother Pundaríka was smitten in the heart with the arrows of love, and conceived a passion for the wife of his younger brother Kundaríka. Once on a time he said to his sister-in-law in private: 'Beloved, receive me as your husband.' She answered: 'Why do you speak thus ?
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Many quickly enter the fire,
Lacerate with weapons their own bodies, Perform severe self-mortifications,
But few conquer the enemy, the mighty champion, Mára.'
Again, the queen said: 'King, poison has sprung up in the nectar of immortality, the sun has brought forth darkness, the moon a rain of burning coals; from the quarter from which protection is expected comes danger; from water fire has arisen. If a man with good eyes wanders from the path, then who can blame the blind for doing the same?'
Let even the sight of a woman be carefully avoided, a woman impels and carries away;
The hermit Rávana had to be made war upon for the sake of Sítá
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The king menaced his sister-in-law with angry words. Another day, being beside himself with anger, and longing for the love of his sister-in-law, he gave poison to his younger brother Kundaríka, in order to slay him, for
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An owl does not see by day, a crow does not see by night; A wicked man blind with love sees neither by night nor by day. When the king's brother Kundaríka was dead, his wife the princess said to herself: This villain will disgrace me by robbing me of my honour, so I will go to some foreign land in order to preserve it.' After reflecting thus in her mind, she started off at night, and went to the city of Crávastí. There she entered the posaha-house of the female ascetic Suvratá, and hearing from her mouth instruction in the holy law, she conceived aversion to the world. Aversion having thus arisen, the princess took the VOWS. But she omitted to tell the saintly superior that she had become pregnant by her late husband, lest it
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| SR No. | 016059 |
| Book Title | Kathakoca or Treasury of Stories |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | C H Tawney |
| Publisher | Oriental Books Reprint Corporation New Delhi |
| Publication Year | 1975 |
| Total Pages | 288 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Dictionary & Dictionary |
| File Size | 15 MB |