Evergreen Stories of Panchatantra

King Nanda had a vast kingdom. It was surrounded by seas and he was so powerful that all the smaller kings of the neighbourhood were his subjects. His fame spread far and wide.He had many ministers, but the one he liked best was Vararuchi. He was knowledgeable about politics and philosophy, so King Nanda enjoyed […]

In a dense jungle far away lived a lion and a lioness. They had two male cubs too. The family roamed happily around the forest. The lion hunted and brought home the prey to his wife, while she stayed and protected the cubs and fed them.The lion went out as usual one day to hunt.

Once upon a time, there was a potter who lived in a remote village. He made beautiful pots but he had one weakness. He was not sensible. He used to get drunk from time to time and then behave in a very boisterous way.One day, he had a little too much to drink. When he

Long, long ago, a lion lived in a forest; he was the king of the forest. He had many animals as his followers, but his chief assistant was a jackal. He would kill his prey and after he had his fill, he gave the rest to the jackal.Then one day, the lion had a fight

In a well there lived a very large family of frogs. The frog king was unhappy because his relatives always troubled him. He wanted to be rid of them.One day, he saw a snake outside the well and, seeing him, an idea occurred to the frog king. “I think I’ll use him to kill my

On the beach of a sea, there was a tree which was laden with the jamun fruit all through the year. The fruit was sweet and juicy. It was the jambu tree. There lived on that tree a little monkey with a red face. He was a friendly and generous fellow.One day, a large crocodile

Once upon a time, an old snake lived on a mountain. He had grown too old to hunt for food. But he had to eat something, so he decided to find some way to get his prey.He went to a pond near the mountain. It was full of frogs. So, he pretended to be a saint

In the heart of a dense forest lived a lion. He was a happy lion and spent his time hunting or sleeping. But there were a few days when he did not find any prey for a long time and he was very hungry.He kept wandering through the forest and could not find even one

There was a mountain far away, with a tree on it. And on the tree lived a magical bird. The bird had a strange quality: her droppings would always turn to gold!A hunter used to come there very often. One day he saw this strange thing happening – bird’s dropping turning into gold. He was

There was a beautiful ashram on the banks of River Ganga. Many hermits lived there with their families. One of the hermits was their chief or Kulapati. The hermits spent their time in prayer and meditation. They lived a simple life eating fruits and roots and following a disciplined style of living.The Kulapati went to

Long ago, there was a king with a son he loved dearly. The son was ill because he had a snake in his stomach. He kept getting thinner and thinner. No doctor was able to find a cure for his illness. Finally, the prince got tired of all the doctors and went away quietly to

Long ago, there was a hermit who lived in a hut outside a town. He was not greedy at all. In fact, he lived a very simple life, and did not use any luxuries at all. He even ate very little food and wore extremely simple clothes. He neglected himself so much that his hair

A hunter roamed in the forest. He had neither family nor friends because he was cruel and ferocious. He hunted animals and birds all day.One day, he caught a female dove and caged her. It began to rain heavily, so he searched for shelter under a tree. He happened to find protection under the tree

Once there lived a poor Brahmin farmer on the edge of a town. No matter how hard he worked, he never had enough money.One summer, it was very hot. The farmer was tired, so he sat down to rest under a tree on his farm. There was an ant-hill near by. Suddenly, he saw a

Long, long ago, there lived a crow and a partridge in a forest. The crow had his nest on a tree and the partridge lived in a hollow at the base of that tree. They became friends. They spent their time sharing stories and what they had done during the day. Both of them looked