Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02645
Sanskrit · 5.p02645
ते प्रोचुः-
English · Meaning
They said:
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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02646
Sanskrit · 5.p02646
कथा १२ चण्डकर्म-नाम-राक्षस-कथा
English · Meaning
Story 12: The story of the demon named Caṇḍakarma
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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02647
Sanskrit · 5.p02647
देव ! कस्मिंश्चिद् वनोद्देशे चण्डकर्मा नाम राक्षसः प्रतिवसति स्म । एकदा तेन भ्रमताटव्यां कश्चिद् ब्राह्मणः समासादितः । ततस् तस्य स्कन्धम् आरुह्य प्रोवाच-भो अग्रेसरो गम्यताम् ।
English · Meaning
“My lord, in a certain part of a forest there lived a demon named Caṇḍakarma. Once, while wandering through the forest, he came upon a certain Brahmin. Then, mounting the Brahmin’s shoulder, he said, ‘Ho! Go ahead.’”
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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02648
Sanskrit · 5.p02648
ब्राह्मणो ऽपि भय-त्रस्त-मनास् तम् आदाय प्रस्थितः । अथ तस्य कमलोदर-कोमलौ पादौ दृष्ट्वा ब्राह्मणो राक्षसम् अपृच्छत्-भोः ! किम् एवं-विधौ ते पादाव् अतिकोमलौ ?
English · Meaning
The Brahmin too, frightened and alarmed in mind, set out taking him. Then, seeing his feet, delicate like the inside of a lotus, the Brahmin asked the demon, “Ho! Why are your feet of this kind, so exceedingly delicate?”
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Aparīkṣita-kāraka5.p02649
Sanskrit · 5.p02649
राक्षस आह-भोः ! व्रतम् अस्ति, नाहम् आर्द्र-पादो भूमिं स्पृशामि ।
English · Meaning
The demon said, “Ho! I have a vow: I do not touch the ground when wet-footed.”
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Panchatantra · Digital Sanskrit transcription; Suno Katha free Library release
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