[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Great Story and its derivatives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha) › [Kathasaritsagara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara) › 1.4.26 # Kathasaritsagara 1.4.26 Kathāsaritsāgara 1.4.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.1.4.26) atha saṃjātanirvedaḥ svagṛhasthitaye dhanam / haste hiraṇyaguptasya vidhāya vaṇijo nijam // > Now in course of time Varsha got a great number of pupils, and among them there was one rather stupid pupil of the name of Panini; he, being wearied out with service, was sent away by the preceptor's wife, and being disgusted at it and longing for learning, he went to the Himalaya to perform austerities: then he obtained from the god, who wears the moon as a crest, propitiated by his severe austerities, a new grammar, the source of all learning. Thereupon he came and challenged me to a disputation, and seven days passed away in the course of our disputation; on the eighth day he had been fairly conquered by me, but immediately afterwards a terrible menacing sound was uttered by Siva in the firmament; owing to that our Aindra grammar was exploded in the world, and all of us, being conquered by Panini, became accounted fools. Accordingly full of despondency I deposited in the hand of the merchant Hiranyadatta my wealth for the maintenance of my house, and after informing Upakosa of it, I went fasting to mount Himalaya to propitiate S'iva with austerities. > — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story ### [1.4.26.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.1.4.26.p1) v v| - - v - - -| % A pathyā v v - v v -| v - % B correct - -| v - v - - v| % C pathyā v - v| v v -| v - % D correct > Now in course of time Varsha got a great number of pupils, and among them there was one rather stupid pupil of the name of Panini; he, being wearied out with service, was sent away by the preceptor's wife, and being disgusted at it and longing for learning, he went to the Himalaya to perform austerities: then he obtained from the god, who wears the moon as a crest, propitiated by his severe austerities, a new grammar, the source of all learning. Thereupon he came and challenged me to a disputation, and seven days passed away in the course of our disputation; on the eighth day he had been fairly conquered by me, but immediately afterwards a terrible menacing sound was uttered by Siva in the firmament; owing to that our Aindra grammar was exploded in the world, and all of us, being conquered by Panini, became accounted fools. Accordingly full of despondency I deposited in the hand of the merchant Hiranyadatta my wealth for the maintenance of my house, and after informing Upakosa of it, I went fasting to mount Himalaya to propitiate S'iva with austerities. > — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story ## Translations (1) - [The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara~en-tawney.1.4.p4) — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.1.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.1.4.26) · Pramāṇa