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A Pañcatantra tale · पञ्चतन्त्रम्
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The tortoise who could not keep quiet
Your first whole story in Sanskrit. Listen to each panel before you look at anything else — you will understand more than you expect, because the story does the explaining.
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The tale ends with a verse · सुभाषितम्
He who does not listen to the words of friends perishes, like the tortoise.
मौनं सर्वार्थसाधनम्।
Silence accomplishes every aim.
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.
Not a graded exercise — a tale that has been told in this language for two thousand years, and one that travelled from here into Persian, Arabic and half the fable books of Europe.
Tap any word to hear it and see what it does. Tapped {{ tapCount }} words so far. ॐ