Panchatantra · Sanskrit Story
Childhood in Bithur — The Peshwa's Court
बिठूरे बाल्यम्
Vrindavanlal Verma — झाँसी की रानी; P.C. Gupta, Nana Sahib and the Rising at Cawnpore (1963) · Beginner Sanskrit
Moral · नीतिः
बाल्ये प्राप्ताः संस्काराः जीवने मार्गं दर्शयन्ति।
Bālye prāptāḥ saṃskārāḥ jīvane mārgaṃ darśayanti.
“Values absorbed in childhood show the way through life.”
The Journey to Bithur
मोरोपन्तः मनुम् आदाय बिठूरनगरे आगतः। तत्र पेशवा बाजीरावः द्वितीयः निर्वासे वसति स्म। मोरोपन्तः पेशवस्य सेवायां कार्यम् अकरोत्। मनु पेशवाराजभवने स्वच्छन्दं विचरति स्म। तस्याः साहसं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे प्रसन्नाः आसन्।
Moropant, bringing Manu along, came to the town of Bithur. There Peshwa Baji Rao II was living in exile. Moropant served in the Peshwa's court. Manu freely roamed the Peshwa's royal palace. Seeing her courage, everyone was delighted.
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