[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) › 2.5.52 # Kathasaritsagara 2.5.52 Kathāsaritsāgara 2.5.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.5.52) tataḥ svātmavinodāya nikaṭasthaṃ vasantakam / sā jagāda kathā kācittvayā me varṇyatāmiti // > When he heard this, the king of Vatsa rejoiced, and told it all to Vásavadattá, and she was exceedingly delighted. Then Vásavadattá, having abandoned her own relations, and being anxious for the ceremony of marriage, was at the same time bashful and impatient: then she said, in order to divert her thoughts, to Vasantaka who was in attendance —— "Tell me some story." Then the sagacious Vasantaka told that fair-eyed one the following tale in order to increase her affection for her husband. > — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, The Kathá Sarit Ságara, or Ocean of the Streams of Story ### [2.5.52.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.5.52.p1) v -| - v v - - v| % A pathyā v v - -| v - v - % B correct -| v - v| v -| - - % C pathyā, pādas compounded? v -| -| - v - v - % D correct > When he heard this, the king of Vatsa rejoiced, and told it all to Vásavadattá, and she was exceedingly delighted. Then Vásavadattá, having abandoned her own relations, and being anxious for the ceremony of marriage, was at the same time bashful and impatient: then she said, in order to divert her thoughts, to Vasantaka who was in attendance —— "Tell me some story." Then the sagacious Vasantaka told that fair-eyed one the following tale in order to increase her affection for her husband. > — 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.2.5.p3) — Charles Henry Tawney 1880, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.5.52) · Pramāṇa