Example Sentences: Ramayana:  When Vibhishana announced that he had come to surrender to Rama, the announcement got disparate reactions from various monkey leaders: some were receptive, some ambivalent, some suspicious. Mahabharata:  The huge Kaurava army was filled with so many disparate elements that inner conflict was predictable, even inevitable – therefore, Bhishma asked his generals

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Despite his arrogance, Ravana knew that certain principles in the universe were immutable — and the blessings and the curses of the gods were one such thing. Mahabharata:  Shakuni’s brahmana friend, Kanaka, told Dhritarashtra that no principle was immutable except the principle that all human beings need to pursue their own survival,

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  When Bharat declared that he had no part in exiling Rama and was determined to personally go to the forest to get Rama back, his earnest speech won the hearts of Ayodhya’s citizens. Mahabharata:  Drona was pleased to see that all the Pandavas were earnest students, yet Arjuna’s blend of untiring commitment

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Ravana’s face had a smug look as his demons set Hanuman’s tail on fire, but that look quickly changed to shock when Hanuman escaped and used that same burning tail to set Lanka on fire. Mahabharata:  On seeing the smug smile on Duryodhana’s face as Shakuni won round after round in the

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  The more Ravana made his designs toward Sita explicit, the more Sita felt sickened to her core. Mahabharata:  The Kauravas’ hatred of the Pandavas became explicit in the gambling match when they decided to disrobe Draupadi.   Bhagavad-gita:  The Gita is explicit in differentiating between the body and the soul by repeatedly stressing

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  None of the demons dared bring up Ravana’s ignominious defeat at the hands of Rama the previous day, but it was foremost in everyone’s minds as they prepared for the war. Mahabharata:  For Duryodhana, being arrested by the Gandhavas and then released by Bhima and Arjuna in front of the Kuru royal

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  The sages explained to Rama that although the demons wandered far and wide, wreaking havoc wherever they went, they were rootless; their base was in Lanka where their king Ravana reigned. Mahabharata:  As the Pandavas slipped away into the forest, leaving the burning palace, they wondered whether they would be rootless for

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  On hearing about the knockabout celebrations of the monkeys who had returned from their search of Sita, Sugriva inferred that they had been successful. Mahabharata:  During the martial exhibition meant to display the talents of Drona’s students, the activity and the atmosphere were knockabout, but it suddenly fell silent when Karna arrived

Example Sentences: Ramayana: For Dasharatha, Kaikeyi’s desire that her own son become the next king was parochial but understandable; however, her insistence that blameless Rama be exiled to the forest for fourteen years was brutal and unacceptable. Mahabharata: Dhritarashtra’s parochial attitude, whereby he considered his own children as his and othered the Pandavas, eventually led

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  As Rama and Lakshmana were led by Viswamitra to his hermitage, they could hear the mellifluous recitation of Vedic chants coming from the sacrificial arena. Mahabharata:  Yudhisthira, more than all the other Pandavas, rejoiced the association of the sages in the forest as they told ancient narratives and chanted hymns in mellifluous