Chapter-8 The second year after the great fight with Red Dog and the death of Akela, Mowgli must have been nearly seventeen years old. He looked older, for hard exercise, the best of good eating, and baths whenever he felt in the least hot or dusty had given him strength and growth far beyond his […]
Chapter-7 It was after the letting in of the Jungle that the pleasantest part of Mowgli’s life began. He had the good conscience that comes from paying a just debt, and the Jungle was his friend, for all the Jungle was afraid of him. The things that he did and saw and heard when he
Chapter-6 Half way down the long low snow passage or tunnel that led to the inner door of the house you could hear snappings and yelpings, as the dogs of his sleigh-team, released from the day’s work, scuffled for warm places.When the yelping grew too loud Kotuko lazily rolled off the sleeping-bench and picked up
Chapter-5 That afternoon Mowgli was sitting in the circle of Kaa’s great coils, fingering the flaked and broken old skin that lay all looped and twisted among the rocks just as Kaa had left it. Kaa had very courteously packed himself under Mowgli’s broad, bare shoulders, so that the boy was really resting in a
Chapter-4 ‘Respect the aged! Brahmins of the River—respect the aged!’The Adjutant half turned his head, sheered a little in the direction of the voice, and landed stiffly on the sand-bar below the bridge. Then you saw what a ruffianly brute he really was. His back-view was immensely respectable, for he stood nearly six feet high,
Chapter-3 After Mowgli had pinned Shere Khan’s hide to the Council Rock, he told as many as were left of the Seeonee Pack that hence forward he would hunt in the Jungle alone; and the four children of Mother and Father Wolf said that they would hunt with him. But it is not easy to
Chapter-2 There was once a man in India who was Prime Minister of one of the semi-independent native States in the north-western part of the country. He was a Brahmin, so high-caste that caste ceased to have any particular meaning for him; and his father had been an important official in the gay-coloured tag-rag and
Chapter-1 Mowgli saw all the Jungle working under one Law. It began when the winter rains failed almost entirely, and Sahi, the Porcupine, meeting Mowgli in a bamboo thicket, told him that the wild yams were drying up. Now everybody knows that Sahi is ridiculously fastidious in his choice of food, and will eat nothing
For almost one-third part of the day Yudhishthira stayed there. Then Indra and Dharmaraj reached there. The moment they appeared there, every illusion vanished. Dharmaraj said to Yudhishthira, “We tested you at every stage but you didn’t fail. Let we know if you have still any doubt.”Thereupon Yudhishthira replied, “I want to know why I
Hearing the words of Yudhishthira the dog changed its form. Dharma regained his original form. He was extremely happy with Yudhishthira’s truthflness, justice and unfliching faith in right conduct. After blessing him he vanished. Indra took him to heaven. Yudhishthira looked all around him. It was a beautiful place but there was no sign of
After the battle of Kurukshetra Gandhari cursed Krishna that the Yadava dynasty was exterminated just like the Kuru dynasty was destroyed in the battle. The Yadavas ruled over Dwarika for thirty-six years. One day, a group of saints reached Dwarika. Samba, Krishna’s grandson, reached there disguised as a pregnant woman and asked, “Tell me, O
Now the Pandavas had control over the kingdom of Hastinapur. King Yudhishthira was ruling dutifully and with justice. No unrighteousness prevailed anywhere in the kingdom. The five Pandavas respected Dhritrashtra and Gandhari equally as their parents. Kunti served Gandhari and Draupadi served them both with great devotion. The Pandavas organised several yajnas and the Ashwamedha
Yudhishthira in the company of Krishna, his brothers, ministers and the other prominent people sought the blessings of his grandsire.Bhishma gave them all his blessings and also gave Yudhishthira sound advice about how to conduct himself correctly as a king. He enlightened him on righteousness, justice and stately affairs. He further stated, “Now I am
“Do not blame yourself for Karna’s death,” said sage Narada to Yudhishthira, “He himself was responsible for it. I tell you the story behind it.” Right from boyhood Karna was more interested in warfare than in driving a chariot like his father Adhiratha. So, he went to learn the use of the weapons from preceptor
Dhritrashtra was inconsolable after learning of the death of Duryodhana and Draupadi’s five sons. Grief-stricken he stated, “By killing Draupadi’s five sons Ashwatthama ended the lineage of Hastinapur.”Then sage Vyasa told Dhritrashtra to treat the Pandavas as his sons and offer adoration to them. Just then all the Pandavas, Draupadi and Krishna reached there. Dhritrashtra