Jagat

This is a story that has been translated hundreds of times. I did this many years ago because I found it interesting in the general context of Radha and Krishna, as a kind of non-religious perspective on divine romance and its follies in worldly reflection. I realized it had not been published on this blog so here it is. suprayuktasya dambhasya brahmāpy antaṁ na gacchati kauliko viṣṇu-rūpeṇa rāja-kanyāṁ niṣevate "Even Brahma cannot fathom a cleverly devised fraud. Just like a weaver impersonating Vishnu was able to seduce a king's daughter." Karataka asked, "How's that?" And so Damanaka started to tell the tale of the weaver and the carpenter. Once upon a time, in a town far, far away, lived two friends--one a carpenter, the other a weaver. The pair had been inseparable from childhood onward, always showing each other affection, going and doing everything together. One day, it so happened that there was a festival at one of the temples in t...