Sanskrit story
This is the common and well read children's story of turtle and swans. I am copying the text from NCERT book Ruchira and will be translating the story in few posts. अस्ति मगधदेशे फुल्लोत्पलनाम सर:| तत्र संकटविकटनामकौ हंसौ निवसत: | कम्बुग्रीवनामा तयो: मित्रम् एक: कूर्म: तत्रैव प्रतिवसति स्म | In the kingdom of Magadha, there was a lake called Phollottama. There lived two swans with names Sankat and Vikata. A turtle with the name Kambugreeva, who was their friend also lived there. अस्ति - there is सर: - Lake तत्र - there हंसौ - Two swans निवसत: - lived तयो: - their मित्रम् - friend कूर्म: - turtle तत्रैव - there only (तत्र + एव) प्रतिवसति स्म - lived अथा एकदा धीवारा: तत्र आगच्छन् अकथयन् च - वयं श्व: मत्स्यकूर्मादीन् मारयिष्याम: | एतत् श्रुत्वा कूर्म: अवदत् "मित्रे किं युवाभ्यां धीवाराणां वार्ता श्रुता? अधुना किं अहं करोमि?" Then once fishermen came the...