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A Pañcatantra tale · पञ्चतन्त्रम्
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The hare who out-thought a lion
A second tale, a little longer, with more dialogue in it. Listen to each panel first — by now the past tense and the imperatives should be arriving on their own.
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The tale ends with a verse · सुभाषितम्
Whoever has wit has strength — where would the witless find strength? In the forest a lion drunk on his own pride was brought down by a hare.
बुद्धिर्बलवती सदा।
Wit is always the stronger.
Tell it back
Four questions in Sanskrit. Answer by ear, not by memory of the English.
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साधु! You have read a Sanskrit story.
Two stories now. The Pañcatantra was written to teach princes how the world works — which is why its heroes are almost never the strong ones.
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