Katha
Two passages, read whole — each verse numbered against its own chapter, each hard word underlined the first time it appears.
Valmiki Ramayana, Yuddha Kanda
Ram Setu: The Building of the Bridge
Refused by the sea and out of patience, Rama's army of vanaras — under the architect Nala — raises a causeway across the strait to Lanka in five days, so the rescue of Sita can finally cross the water.
Read the passageSrimad Bhagavatam, Book 10
Govardhan: The Mountain Raised as a Shield
When the cowherds of Vrindavan turn their offering from the sky to their own hill, a jealous Indra sends a flood to punish them — and the boy Krishna lifts Govardhan on one finger to hold the storm off for seven days.
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