[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s3.t2.357 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.357 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.357 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.357) "When I was a monkey, which lived in a cave on the bank of a river, I was once prevented from going my usual way, because a crocodile threatened me. Just at the place where I was accustomed to take my stand in order to jump to the other bank, sat the murderous enemy, the crocodile, frightful to behold. It said to me: 'Come!' I said to it: 'I come,' and standing on its head, I reached the other bank. I told it no lie, but acted in accordance with my words. In the love of truth nobody is my equal. Such was my highest perfection of truth." - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.356) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.358) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.357) · Pramāṇa