Parables of Rama
by Swami Rama Tirtha | 102,836 words
Stories in English used by Swami Rama to illustrate the highest teaching of Vedanta. The most difficult and intricate problems of philosophy and abstract truths, which may very well tax the brains of the most intellectual, are thus made not only simple and easy to understand but also brought home to us in a concrete form in such an interesting and ...
Story 223 - The defeat of Prithvi Raj Chauhan
You know the history of Prithvi Raj Chauhan, the Emperor of Delhi. He had once badly defeated the invincible invader, Mohammad Ghori. But the very next year, when he left his palace for the battlefield to fight the same Ghori again, he was girded by a lady of disrepute. He was defeated and taken a prisoner. He could not be victorious in this war. How could he? The impurity of his character and his inglorious licentiousness stood in the way of his success.