A porter in Baghdad was hired by a lady. A beautiful porteress, not appearing a slave though, opened the door for them and asked her sister to come in and let the porter unload all he was carrying. The three entered into a big court inside, wherein the third sister Zubaidah sat on the throne. […]
King Muchukunda wanted to attain moksha (salvation) for the services he offered to the gods. The gods said, “We want to help you but we are incapable of granting moksha as it could only be granted by Lord Vishnu.” So, King Muchukunda asked the gods to grant him the boon of sleep, and whoever disturbed
The marble man expressed his grief, “I was the son of King Mahmood, unfortunately married to a wicked cousin who actually liked a black slave. She used her magical tricks and made me into half marble.” When the Sultan met the unfortunate prince, he was told where the slave lived. The slave was the lover
Once upon a time, son of a King set out for hunting with grand wazir. He followed a stag to hunt and during chase, lost wazir and instead found a beautiful lady who took her to her place. To his horror, she turned out to be a monster. After escaping from there, he narrated the
Kalyavana followed Lord Krishna to the cave in the mountain and saw a man lying down asleep clad with the yellow silk garment. Kalyavana thought, ‘That coward Krishna is avoiding a fight by sleeping.’ He kicked the sleeping man assuming him to be Lord Krishna. This man was King Muchukunda, who had been sleeping there
King Kalyavana had performed severe penances and obtained a boon from Lord Shiva that he could not be killed by any Yadava. Lord Krishna knew that he could not kill Kalyavana because of Lord Shiva’s boon and decided to kill him through trickery. When Kalyavana came after Him, He pretended fear and ran away from
A demon king, Kalyavana, wanted to avenge his father, Garga muni’s insult and destroy the Yadava clan. So, he joined hands with Jarasandha to destroy Mathura. They planned to attack from the east and the west, simultaneously. However, when they reached Mathura, an empty city awaited them. An enraged Jarasandha destroyed Mathura and called Krishna
King Ugrasena wondered how a new city could be built in such a short span of time. When the citizens of Mathura were sleeping, Lord Krishna called for Vishwakarma, the architect of the demigods, and told him to build the beautiful city of Dwarka within the sea. The architect showed Krishna and King Ugrasena the
Lord Krishna did not worry about being called a Ranchod. He said to his grandfather, “I already have many names and one more does not make any difference. I am willing to sacrifice my reputation for saving my people and their lives.” But Balarama wanted to fight Jarasandha. Lord Krishna gently reminded him, “War is
Jarasandha had entered into an armed alliance with Emperor Damghosha of Chedi, Dantavakra of Karusa, Rukmi of Vidarbha and the brothers Vind and Anuvinda of Avanti. When the alliance began its march towards Mathura, the Yadavas were helpless. The alliance decided to attack Mathura from several fronts simultaneously. Jarasandha then sent a message to the
Jarasandha attacked Mathura seventeen times with his demon army. Lord Krishna killed his entire army every time but avoided killing Jarasandha. Lord Krishna said, “Jarasandha is such an influential demon that he is bringing demons right to Mathura instead of Me having to travel all over the world to kill them!” The seventeen attacks that
Jarasandha was a very powerful demon. He defeated many kings and made them promise their allegiance to him, making him the supreme emperor. He had given both his daughters in marriage to King Kansa of Mathura. After Lord Krishna had killed Kansa, his two wives went back to their father Jarasandha and lied, “Father, Krishna
As per Sage Sandipani’s request, Lord Krishna and Balarama went to bring his son back. They went to the ocean shores of Prabhaasa and ordered the god of the ocean to give back Sage Sandipani’s son. The ocean replied, “The boy is not in my grip. He was taken away by demon Shankha. He has
In earlier days, there was a practice called guru dakshina. After completing their education, students would make a token offering of gratitude to their guru. This offering was called guru dakshina. When their education was over, Lord Krishna and Balarama went to Sage Sandipani. Standing humbly with bowed heads, they asked, “Guru Dev! It is
Sudama, the son of a poor Brahmin, studied in Sage Sandipani’s gurukul along with Lord Krishna and Balarama. Over time, Lord Krishna and Sudama became inseparable friends. One day, Guru Mata, wife of Sage Sandipani, asked Lord Krishna and Sudama to bring some wood from the forest. While they were collecting wood, dark clouds spread