1. A TALE
- Bishweshwar
Prasad Koirala
TRANSLATED BY :-
Shreedhar Lohani
Group – “F”

2. Group Members
 Raisha Shakya
 Subigya Khadka
 Saurav Pokharel
 Dichhya Amatya
 Hindu Karki

4. About the Author
 Born:- Sep 8, 1914, Varanasi, India
 Died:- Jul 21, 1982, Kathmandu, Nepal
 Political party:- Nepali Congress
 Spouse:- Sushila Koirala
 Religion:- Atheist; Hindu family background
 Social realist & good psychoanalyst

5. Background
 Human beings in competition with gods
 Gods fearful of their defeat in their life-and-
death struggle with the demons
 Gods worry of “inferior mortals aspired to
become god through penance”
 So always tried to destroy the penance
 Destruction mostly provided by celestial
nymphs

6. A man’s realization:
 Supreme knowledge not to be found in cities
& villages
 Path to godhood blocked by social
obligations & by the love of family & friends
 So went to dwell alone in a remote jungle &
starts meditating

8. Contd…
 Realized jungle was the place to surpass
earthly conditions.
 Faced many hardships in the jungle.
 Efforts to win over his mind and flesh
 Seasons changed; still sat on the same
meditative trance.
 Eventually achieved a state of unending
happiness.

9. Portrait Of The Nymph
 Power of beauty
 Power of seduction
 Destruction of his meditative trance
 Flow of emotions

10. 

11. Contd…
 Attained “state of bliss”
 Got married and returned to the society
 The king was shocked
 Led a simple domestic life
 Never forgiven by the neighbors
 Wife regarded to as a seductress.

12. Conclusion
 One must be with the society
 Human compete with gods
 Man is morally superior to god
 Different conception regarding women.

13. THANK YOU!!!
ANY QUESTION????