
The people you love are your world.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
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The people you love are your world.
From the original text · Shiva Purana

We light the way home for people we love.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
On the very last step of the very last journey, he would not go in without his friend.
From the original text · Mahabharata
A poor friend, a torn cloth, and a palace that opened.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
On the mountain Mahendra, before the leap.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
When he could not find the herb, he brought the whole hill.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Parvati makes a boy from turmeric paste.
From the original text · Shiva Purana

The halahala, the blue throat, the world saved.
From the original text · Shiva Purana

The churning, and a goddess on a lotus.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana


A prison, a storm, a basket across the Yamuna.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

Curiosity is good; listen when someone who loves you calls.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Mainaka, Surasa and Simhika on the way.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Even Shiva holds out a bowl.
From the original text · Shiva Purana

Kundagrama, and a kingdom that grew richer.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
A year of standing, vines around his legs.
From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra

Colours, sticks and laughter.
From the original text · Brahmavaivarta Purana
Was it a mango?
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A small boy, a big king, three steps.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
A rabbit sheltering under an elephant in a forest fire.
From the original text · Jain moral tales

A ring dropped from a branch.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A snake calmed by kindness.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Rama and Sita inside.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A broken tusk for a pen.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
A brahmin's greeting under the Rishyamukha hill.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana

If I have hurt you, I am sorry.
From the original text · Jain moral tales

Nandi at the door, the snake and the mouse who get along.
From the original text · Shiva Purana

A lamp in a clay pot, a circle around it.
From the original text · Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati)
A boy who would not move until he was seen.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
Yashoda looks into a small mouth and sees everything.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
Gods and asuras pull the same rope.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

Share the sweet thing; love stays; ask next time.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
The poisoned pool and a snake who bows.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
Seven days under a mountain umbrella.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana

The never-empty vessel: a shared plate always has one more bite.
From the original text · Mahabharata

Krishna goes to ask for five villages. For ages 3–5 the story stops here.
From the original text · Mahabharata
The girl from Barsana who loved Krishna best.
From the original text · Brahmavaivarta Purana
How Hanuman was born to Anjana and the wind.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Raised by the six Krittika stars.
From the original text · Skanda Purana
Parvati is born to Himavan.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
The mountain's daughter, on a bull.
From the original text · Devi Mahatmya (Durga Saptashati)

A tiny fish that grew, and a boat that carried the seeds of the world.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
An elephant, a bull, a lion, a garland of flowers.
From the original text · Kalpa Sutra
Two brothers and three contests.
From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra
Why a Jain monk sweeps the ground.
From the original text · Jain moral tales

A city lights every doorstep for three travellers.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
A king who lost everything to a game of dice, and a queen who never stopped looking for him.
From the original text · Mahabharata
What he found where his hut had been.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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