{"id":152,"date":"2026-06-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/?p=152"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T14:24:29","slug":"the-story-of-nalayani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/2026\/06\/01\/the-story-of-nalayani\/","title":{"rendered":"THE STORY OF NALAYANI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mahabharata, originally written by Sage Veda Vyasa, briefly mentions Draupadi\u2019s previous birth and Shiva\u2019s boon. But a few folklores have expanded this as the story of Nalayani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Draupadi\u2019s previous birth, she was Nalayani, a woman who desired a husband who possessed noble qualities. She believed that no ordinary man possessed these noble qualities, so she decided to perform severe penance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nalayani performed severe penance and prayed to Lord Shiva for many years and one day, pleased by her devotion and dedication, Lord Shiva appeared before her and offered her a boon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nalayani wished for a husband who was righteous, physically strong, skilled in archery, handsome, and patient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Loved this story? Read it in the book!<\/strong><br>This story is a part of my published book, <em>Epic Tales with Samrudhi<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To get your copy, feel free to mail me at<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:hello@samrudhikadam.in\"><strong>hello@samrudhikadam.in<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mahabharata, originally written by Sage Veda Vyasa, briefly mentions Draupadi\u2019s previous birth and Shiva\u2019s boon. But a few folklores have expanded this as the story of Nalayani. In Draupadi\u2019s previous birth, she was Nalayani, a woman who desired a husband who possessed noble qualities. She believed that no ordinary man possessed these noble qualities, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/2026\/06\/01\/the-story-of-nalayani\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;THE STORY OF NALAYANI&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samrudhikadam.in\/MyStories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}