On the very last step of the very last journey, he would not go in without his friend.
From the original text · Mahabharata
Matching stories: 28
On the very last step of the very last journey, he would not go in without his friend.
From the original text · Mahabharata
Doing what is right for who you are; not a one-word translation.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
Valmiki Ramayana, Book II, all 119 sargas — a promise, an exile, and a kingdom that waits.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
47 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita

Krishna goes to ask for five villages. For ages 3–5 the story stops here.
From the original text · Mahabharata
A promise so big it changed his name, and held for the rest of his life.
From the original text · Mahabharata

Speak the truth. Do your duty. Three small words to sleep on.
From the original text · The Principal Upanishads
72 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
Bhima's son, half-giant and all heart, who bought the Pandavas a night no one else could have won.
From the original text · Mahabharata
What you do comes back around.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
43 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
42 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
A king who judged his own son.
From the original text · Oral tradition

Ayodhya Kanda: a promise kept, a quiet walk into the trees.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
29 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
47 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
30 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
28 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
34 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
42 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
55 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
20 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
35 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
20 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
20 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
24 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
28 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
78 verses, one idea a child can hold.
From the original text · Bhagavad Gita
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