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From the scriptures (8)

A great king renounces his kingdom, but his attachment to a fawn binds him to be reborn as a deer — and finally as a wise brahmin who never forgets.

A fallen man calls out his son's name — Narayana — at death, and is liberated from lifetimes of accumulated karma.

A boy sent to Yama, the lord of death, refuses wealth and long life and asks instead: what happens after we die?

A devoted wife follows Yama into the forest and, through wisdom and love, wins back her husband's life.

Two birds sit on the same tree. One eats the fruit — sweet and bitter. The other simply watches.

A king takes his son's youth to keep chasing pleasure, and after a thousand years discovers desire is never full.

Every act plants a seed — sanchita (stored), prarabdha (ripening now), and kriyamana (being made). Together they weave what we call fate.

At the end of an age, a young sage sees a divine child holding all worlds within — and understands that death, too, is held.