So we find that a love of fun or playfulness was inherent in our early ancestors, yet it did not reach a height to be called genuine creative humor.
But there is always the feeling that if more of the translators themselves possessed more humor, they might find more in the originals.
As a rule, translators and antiquarian researchers are so engaged in serious seeking that they would probably pass over humor if they ran across it.
When a man is prospecting for iron or coal, he may easily be blind to indications of wells of natural oil.
More wit and humor of Ancient India has come down to us through the caricatures and grotesque drawings than in words.
The innumerable pictures of the God Krishna are the most humorous of these.
Krishna appears to have been a veritable Don Juan, and his multitude of lady friends numbered up to many thousands.
It is narrated that a friend of his, who had no wife, begged for just one from Krishna’s multiplicity.
“Court any one you wish,” said the light-hearted god, pleasantly.
So the friend went from house to house of Krishna’s various wives, but one and all, they declared themselves quite satisfied with husband, Krishna, and moreover each one was convinced that he was hers alone. The seeker visited sixteen thousand and eight houses, and then gave it up.