Example Sentences: Ramayana:  The sages told King Romapada that to perform the arcane sacrifice for ending the drought, he needed to get the specially pure saint named Rishayashringa. Mahabharata:  Being pleased with Arjuna’s dedication, Drona gave to him knowledge of arcane mantras that invoked formidable celestial weapons. Bhagavad-gita:  If the Gita’s knowledge is in some

Example Sentences: Ramayana: Ironically, the Ramayana ends on a heart-wrenching note: not with the joyful reunion of Rama and Sita, but with the painful separation of the two. Mahabharata: Ironically, victory in the Kurukshetra war turned out to be hollow for the Pandavas because Ashwattama had brutally slaughtered all their five sons on the very

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  The citizens of Ayodhya lamented the precipitous decline in Rama’s fortunes: crown prince on one night and dressed in tree bark to go on exile the next day. Mahabharata:  As Duryodhana looked at his demoralized handful of troops remaining by the afternoon of the eighteenth day of the war, he could scarcely

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  The monkeys’ celebration after returning successfully from their search for Sita seemed risible to some and unacceptable to others, but Sugriva inferred that they were just innocently expressing their joy.  Mahabharata:  Kichaka’s longing for Draupadi, his composing poetic statements to praise her during his anticipated night meeting with her and his utter

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Given Ravana’s cavalier disregard for the sanctity of marriage, he felt no moral hesitation in abducting another man’s wife. Mahabharata:  Few things illustrate Dhritarashtra’s partiality as his cavalier disregard for both the rights of the Pandavas to the Kuru kingdom and the wrongs they had suffered at the hands of his son.

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  When Ravana told Sita that Rama was a mere pauper unworthy of her, he wasn’t being fatuous; his arrogance made him believe that he would be a better match for Sita. Mahabharata:  When Dhritarashtra told Krishna that he didn’t want war but couldn’t control his stubborn son, that statement would have been

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Not wanting the citizens of Ayodhya to become fractious after his departure to the forest, Rama assured them that he was voluntarily going on exile and would be pleased if they cooperated with his father during his absence. Mahabharata:  Although each of the five Pandavas had his own distinct and strong personality,

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  When Kaikeyi made the rectitudinous argument that she was simply asking for the two benedictions that Dasharatha had promised her, she neglected how devastating her requests were for the king and the kingdom at large. Mahabharata:  It was the Kauravas who had been cunning and deceptive throughout the Mahabharata; their rectitudinous demand

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Ravana’s incendiary speech, filled with insults of Rama, triggered an incendiary response from Hanuman who used his tail to burn half of Ravana’s Lanka to ashes. Mahabharata:  Duryodhana’s message to the Pandavas on the eve of the Kurukshetra war had been insanely incendiary – despite hearing that letter, the very fact that

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Rama warned Sita that life in the forest was fraught with danger and difficulty of a scale that she was utterly unaccustomed to. Mahabharata:  Bhisma warned his army to guard against complacency; even the battles that seemed easy were fraught with uncertainty till victory was won. Bhagavad-gita:  Those who claim that the