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Yudhishthira pauses beside a lake with four motionless brothers behind him while a luminous Yaksha appears across the water, symbolising the test of dharma. philosophical-religious dialogue
Mahābhārata · Āraṇyakaparvan 3.314

Yaksha Prashna — complete dialogue

The complete central dialogue between the Yaksha and Yudhishthira in the Sanskrit original with an English THY-REALITY translation, from the opening question to the choice of Nakula and the revival of the brothers.

Original language
Sanskrit
Translation
English
Edition
Original + complete English translation
A cinematic scene shows an older poet on a rocky overlook between dark war-torn ruins and a luminous city at dawn, with an airship rising toward the light. poetry and literary preface
Victor Hugo · La Légende des siècles (1859)

Victor Hugo — La Légende des siècles: selected primary texts

Selected programmatic passages from the preface plus the complete poems La Conscience and Après la bataille in the French original with an English THY-REALITY translation.

Original language
French
Translation
English
Edition
Original + English translation of the selected complete texts
Monks guide elephants and monkeys along an ascending Himalayan path from a restless dark beginning to a calm white elephant beside a meditator in golden light. Buddhist philosophical and meditation text
Yogācāra · Śrāvakabhūmi

Śrāvakabhūmi — The Nine Mental Abidings: primary passage

The Sanskrit primary passage on the nine mental abidings (navākārā cittasthiti), the six powers, and the four modes of mental engagement, with a THY-REALITY editorial translation.

Original language
Sanskrit
Translation
English
Edition
Complete relevant passage on the nine mental abidings + THY-REALITY translation
Črtomir and Bogomila in a symbolic scene at Savica between the old warrior world and Christian transformation. Romantic narrative-lyric poem
France Prešeren · Krst pri Savici / The Baptism on the Savica (1836)

France Prešeren — The Baptism on the Savica: complete text

The complete public-domain Krst pri Savici — the dedication to Matija Čop, the Introduction, and The Baptism — in the Slovene original with a complete THY-REALITY English translation.

Original language
Slovene
Translation
English
Edition
Complete Slovene original + complete THY-REALITY English translation