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This is amazing.

As Requested: The Legend of Kalidasa (some of you know this but wait till the end)

Here's a story my father(who's also my sanskrit teacher) told me.

Long ago, in a Kingdom near Ujjain in India, a king had a beautiful princess- her name was Vidyottama. From a young age she displayed extraordinary talent and intelligence.

When she came of age, she made a demand that she would only marry a man who could out do her in vedic knowledge.

So the princes came and she set them impossible questions, and the rejected princes decided to trick her into marrying someone stupid.

So they came across an illiterate goatherd who was cutting the branch he was sitting on. They took him to the palace dressed as a prince.

When the princess started the debate, they defended him saying he was taking a vow of silence, and misinterpreted all his confused gestures to his benefit.

Vidyottama fell for it, and married him.

At night, he climbed off the bed and slept on the floor as he wasn't used to the bed. He started making his goat-calls to calm himself down. At this point Vidyottama realized who he was. She was mortified, but she thought, 'he is my wedded lord. I must help him'.

And she advised to to go to the temple of the goddess Kali and beg her for knowledge.

He went at midnight and sat inside the temple and closed the door. When the goddess returned at dawn, she asked, 'who's inside?' And he said, 'who's outside?' She told him that she was the goddess, and repeated her question. He told her, 'I am Dasa (servant), and I want knowledge' so she told him to thrust his tongue through the keyhole and drew a line on it, thus giving him knowledge.

From then on he was known as Kalidasa. He went back to Vidyottama and hailed her. She said to him, 'Asti kaschit vagvilasa?' Which is Sanskrit for 'It seems you've gotten literacy?' And he thanked her and walked east and started writing great epics, like the Abijnana Shakuntalam and Meghadootam and such.

HERE'S THE THING:

HE USED HER WORDS TO START OFF HIS EPICS.

In kumarasambhavam- ASTI uttarasyam disi devatatma..

In Meghadootam- KASCHIT yaksho..

Raghuvamsam- VAGARTHA eva samprukthau...

From Vidyottama's words 'Asti Kaschit Vagvilasa?'

I found this awesome.

@recapturingsky @ze-thoughts-are-stupid @mascara-massacres @asoulfulbeing @nerdyfuntheorist @thebountyhunterthatfellinlove

I'd kick it in the balls first. And then fuck him up.

Alternatively: I'd ask for her.

“If life confronts you and says that what you ask is what you need … What would you ask for ?”

— siir-poesia ©

As I pray I am afraid that death should not befall / While I do remember God, he should not recall

(rehta hai ibadat mein hame maut ka khatka/hum yaad-e-khuda karte hai, karle na khuda yaad)

Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire, England | haarkon_

survived checking my bank account. i deserve a little treat

Same. But it's "bhaunk bhen***".

when someone says sun yrr im either "farmayein" or "bhaunk be " nothing in between

a whole bunch of links for a bad day

serotonin

2048

control the weather (flash warning)

spend bill gates’ money

read a book

write without distractions

snickerdoodle mug cakes

recipes for when you’re low on spoons

khan academy

an aggressive reminder

1000 awesome everyday things

make a picrew of a worm on a string

bongo cat

useless websites

emergency compliments

a nice uquiz

more useless websites

sketch comedy

sculpt something

guess google searches

white noise

rain

customizable

coffee shop

thunderstorm + fireplace

rain on a tin roof

rain + traffic

train sounds

a fan

catharsis

scream into the void

cut your screen (trigger warning)

break glass

self-care

inexpensive self-care

small acts of self-care

develop a self-care plan

do nothing for two minutes

cope with:

common sleep problems (+solutions)

nightmares

stress

stress 2

are you stressed or depressed?

homework stress

an eating disorder

things to do instead of harming yourself

trauma

anger

worrying

grief

a breakup

the suicide of a loved one

bullying

is this relationship harmful?

sexual assault

obsessive-compulsive disorder

obsessive-compulsive disorder 2

suicidal thoughts

help

a whole bunch of hotlines

more hotlines

suicide hotlines

talk to someone

active positivity blogs

@positivityreblogs

@positivitie

@recoverystuff

@survivor-positivity

@ocdiscourse

@positivelypastelpink

@positiveautistic

@mental–healthawareness

@slfcare

@traumasurvivors

@softheartedsuggestion

remember:

drink some water

eat something if you haven’t in a while

take a break

sleep if you need to

you’re doing amazing i love you

Why am I still here?

Why must I suffer?

Why must I go through this every day! When I don't want to?

Why must I live?

Why must I live with this horrendous thing inside me?

I don't know what's worse, my brain or my heart.

Sometimes I think my heart because that's where the pain is.

Sometimes I think it's my brain because that is why the pain is.

Jithe itr-an de vagde ne cho

Jaha itr-on ke behte hai jharne

Nii othe mera yaar vassda

vaha mera yaar basta hai

Jithe langdi e paun vi khalo

Jaha nikalti hai (pawan)hawa bhi khade ho ke

Ni othe mera yaar vasda

vaha mera yaar basta hai

Nange nange pairin jithe aun parbhaatan

Nange nange pair leke jaha aayein parbhaat(subah)

Reshma di nadi tari laun jithe raatan

Resham ki nadi mein nahati hai jahan raatein

Jithe chaandni ch nahaave khushboo

Jaha chandi mein nahati hai khusbhoo

Nii othe mera yaar vasda

Nii vaha mera yaar basta hai