Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Having spent another sleepless night burning with desire for Sita, Ravana felt tetchy as he marched towards the park where Sita lived. Mahabharata:  Feeling tetchy because of his envy for the Pandava’s prosperity, Duryodhana snarled and snapped at any servant who crossed his way. Bhagavad-gita:  If we are tetchy, that means there’s

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  The citizens of Lanka were alarmed that an unheralded monkey had entered into and burned their powerful city. Mahabharata:  Although Ghatothakacha wasn’t exactly an unheralded warrior, his sheer skill and strength caught Duryodhana by surprise. Bhagavad-gita:  Our smallest acts of devotion are accepted and appreciated by the Lord, even if they go

Example Sentences Ramayana:  Hanuman’s doughty search for Sita has been recorded in the Sundara-kanda, which is one of the most cherished sections of the epic. Mahabharata: Understanding that the doughty Abhimanyu could not be overpowered in a fair fight, the Kauravas decided to gang up on him. Bhagavad-gita:  Devotees are doughty in their service to

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Maricha had expected at best a plucky display of archery from the teenage princes; he hadn’t at all expected speed, strength and skill that could not even be tolerated, leave alone defeated. Mahabharata:  Abhimanyu’s plucky fighting even while surrounded by enemies won the admiration of Drona on the battlefield and the celestials

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  When Ravana remained bloody-minded in his refusal to return Sita to Rama, the war became inevitable. Mahabharata:  When Krishna presented his peace proposal to Dhritarashtra, the blind king replied it was his bloody-minded son Duryodhana who needed to be persuaded. Bhagavad-gita:  Because Arjuna was so overwhelmed with compassion that all the assembled

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Although all of his leading warriors were dead, Ravana couldn’t bring himself to admit that his abduction of Sita had been a calamitous blunder. Mahabharata:  Although Abhimanyu’s death had made the thirteenth day of the Kurukshetra war calamitous for the Pandavas, Drona knew that an enraged Arjuna accompanied by Krishna could make

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  As Rama and Lakshmana raced back to their cottage, their anxiety about Sita’s safety became excruciating. Mahabharata:  As Arjuna closed in on Jayadratha but was suddenly blocked by nearly a dozen Kaurava warriors, the tension became excruciating. Bhagavad-gita:  When Arjuna put aside his bow in the middle of the Kurukshetra battlefield and

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Knowing that a night attack was not beyond the dastardly Ravana, Rama and several of his journals kept a night-long vigil throughout the entire duration of the war. Mahabharata:  Kripacharya told Ashvattama that his plan to attack sleeping warriors was too dastardly to even consider, leave alone act on. Bhagavad-gita:  Nothing is

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Although Ravana considered Hanuman to be impudent, the monkey was only speaking in the language that Ravana was likely to understand: the language of power. Mahabharata:  When impudent Duryodhana slapped his thigh in response to the sage Maitreya’s earnest request, he sealed his pact with death. Bhagavad-gita:   People of demoniac nature

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  As Sugriva waited outside the cave, hearing intently, he couldn’t hear Vali’s fierce roars, the demon’s rasping grunts or any sound at all. Mahabharata:  Duryodhana’s rasping cry, “Kill Bhima!” moved none of his troops; they were struck with fear on seeing Bhima’s power and anger. Bhagavad-gita:  As Arjuna observed the opposing armies,