A year of standing, vines around his legs.
From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra
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A year of standing, vines around his legs.
From the original text · Trishashti-shalaka-purusha-charitra
A small boy, a big king, three steps.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
Valmiki Ramayana, Book I, all 77 sargas — Rama's birth, his teachers, and his wedding to Sita.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
And the Guru who asked to drink it too.
From the original text · Sikh history
The rishis' gentle curse.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Pranam: making yourself small for a moment.
From the original text · Family tradition, with its sources
At Yudhishthira's Rajasuya.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
A rich man learns what fills a belly.
From the original text · Shiva Purana
The muddy grass, the one who obeyed.
From the original text · Janamsakhis of Guru Nanak

Bala Kanda: a great bow, a gentle prince, a garden wedding.
From the original text · Valmiki Ramayana
Rain stops, and a king of gods says sorry.
From the original text · Bhagavata Purana
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