[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c8.1802.1 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1802.1 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c8.1802.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1802.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1802.1) 4) Labdhanāśa.. (Losing what you got). Once a monkey named Balimukha separated himself from his group and came to a fig tree on the banks of a river. When he jumped from branch to branch on the tree a great many ripe figs fell into the river. Seeing this a crocodile named Śimśumāra came to the foot of the tree and started eating the fruits. This went on for a few days and then the crocodile and the monkey became good friends. One day the crocodile sat chatting with the monkey and eating fruits and did not go home. The wife of the crocodile got worried on not seeing her husband back at home and sent a maid of hers to go and enquire what happened to her husband. The maid came and reported that the crocodile was spending his time with a she-monkey. The wife of the crocodile was very sad and angry to hear this and she sent word through her maid that she was seriously ill and if he wanted to see her alive he must return to her immediately. The crocodile returned home immediately and he called a doctor to examine her. The doctor who had been previously bribed by the crocodile's wife said that she should be given the heart of a monkey if she were to be saved from her present ailment. The crocodile was in a fix. Weighed in his mind the lives of his wife and friend and then decided to take the life of his friend to save the life of his wife. The crocodile went to its place near the fig tree as usual and the monkey made enquiries about his family. - [Previous: c8.1801](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1801) - [Next: c8.1802.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1802.2) - [Up: c8.1802](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1802) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1802.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c8.1802.1) · Pramāṇa