Stories for when you feel Feeling Lonely

Both matriarchs faced impossible choices where maternal love conflicted with dharma, ultimately seeking spiritual atonement through forest exile.

A mouse allied with a cat to escape a trap, then wisely refused friendship afterward, teaching that circumstances dictate relationships.

Rama accepted 14 years exile without protest to honor his fathers word. Duty and parental respect supersede personal desires.

Forest-raised Shakuntala marries King Dushyanta. A curse makes him forget her. She raises their son Bharata alone until the truth is revealed. Story of love, memory, and perseverance.

After Guru Gobind Singhs passing, Mata Sundri guided the Sikh community for decades. She issued hukamnamas, settled disputes, and maintained unity. When Banda Singh Bahadur showed signs of claiming Guruship, she reminded the community that Guru Granth Sahib was the eternal Guru. Her leadership preserved the Panths direction during its most vulnerable period.

Bhai Dayal Das was placed in a cauldron of water which was slowly heated to boiling. When told his companion had been sawn and should convert, he replied that his companion had mocked bodily pains and merged with the Supreme Being. He sat in boiling water reciting Japji until his flesh separated from bones.

A monkey befriends a crocodile who visits daily. The crocodiles jealous wife demands the monkeys heart. When the crocodile reveals his plan mid-river, the clever monkey claims he left his heart in the tree, convincing the crocodile to turn back and escaping to safety.

Elephants accidentally crush mice on their path to water. The mice request a detour, promising future help. Later, when hunters trap elephants in nets, mice gnaw through the ropes. Even the smallest friends can provide great help.

Four unlikely friends - deer, crow, mouse, tortoise - live in harmony. When a hunter traps the deer, the mouse gnaws the net while the crow scouts. They nearly lose the slow tortoise but teamwork saves everyone. True friendship means standing together.

When the young Bhujyu was abandoned at sea by his father or evil companions, the divine twin physicians Ashvins rescued him using flying ships with one hundred oars, three chariots, and six horses with one hundred feet, bringing him safely home.

The Maruts are fierce storm gods, sons of Rudra and Prishni, who accompany Indra in his cosmic battles. Though they once quarreled with Indra over the sacrifice offered by sage Agastya, they remained his powerful companions in fighting demons.

Bhai Mardana, born into a Muslim family, was Guru Nanaks lifelong companion for 54 years. He accompanied the Guru on all his travels, playing the rabab while the Guru sang divine hymns. His poetry appears in the Guru Granth Sahib.

Yudhishthira answered 125 philosophical questions from a Yaksha and chose to revive his stepbrother Nakula so both mothers would have a living son.

A deer and a crow share a strong friendship until a cunning jackal manipulates them apart through deceit. The tale highlights the dangers of allowing outsiders to interfere in trusted relationships.

When a forest fire surrounds Krishna and the cowherd boys with no escape, Krishna tells them to close their eyes. He then inhales the entire fire, swallowing the flames completely. When the boys open their eyes, the fire is gone as if it never existed.

The donkey demon Dhenukasura has claimed a palm forest filled with delicious fruit, killing anyone who enters. Krishna and Balarama enter anyway. Balarama kills Dhenukasura by swinging him into a tree, then the brothers destroy all the demon's companions, liberating the forest for Vrindavan's enjoyment.

The fire god Agni needs to consume the Khandava forest to cure his divine indigestion, but Indra keeps extinguishing the flames. Agni gives Krishna and Arjuna divine weapons in exchange for their help. Together, they hold off Indra's attacks long enough for the forest to burn completely—a battle that establishes their legendary partnership.

Abandoned while pregnant, Sindhutai Sapkal gave birth alone in a cowshed. Instead of despair, she began adopting abandoned children. Over 50 years, she has mothered more than 1,400 orphans—embodying karma yoga in its purest form.

Savitri followed Yama and through clever discourse obtained boons that forced him to restore her dead husband to life. Her devotion conquered death itself.

Sudama, a poor brahmin, visits his childhood friend Krishna in Dwaraka. Too ashamed to ask for help, he brings only beaten rice as a gift. Krishna treats him with royal honor and eats the humble gift joyfully. When Sudama returns home without asking for anything, he finds Krishna has transformed his poverty into abundance.