Stories 10
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Aditi and the eighth son, Martanda
Aditi bears eight sons, goes to the gods with seven and casts away the eighth, Martanda, then brings him back. Later texts explain why.
Aditi's earrings and the killing of Naraka
Naraka of Pragjyotisha steals Aditi's earrings; Krishna kills him and returns them, and Aditi blesses Krishna and Satyabhama.
Atri in the burning pit
Atri, a seer honoured by the five tribes, is cast down into a narrow, burning pit by a hostile Dasyu.
Bhujyu, son of Tugra, saved at sea
Bhujyu is abandoned in the middle of the ocean.
Chitrasena the Gandharva captures Duryodhana
Duryodhana goes to the forest to gloat over the exiled Pandavas; the Gandharva king Chitrasena takes him prisoner on Indra's order, and the Pandavas free him.
Ghosha calls the Ashvins
Ghosha has grown old unmarried in her father's house.
Manu, the fish and the flood
A small fish comes into Manu's hands in his washing water.
Saraswati carries Vasishtha and is cursed to run with blood
Vishvamitra orders the river Sarasvati to bring Vasishtha to him so that he can kill him.
Trita in the well
Trita calls on the gods from a well and is freed; later texts add the brothers who left him there.
Varuna's servant seizes Nanda
Nanda bathes in the Yamuna before dawn after an Ekadashi fast and is carried off to Varuna; Krishna goes to Varuna's court and brings him home.