Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Seeing Kumbhakarna steamrollering the monkey army, Hanuman stepped forward to challenge the huge demon. Mahabharata:  As Arjuna steamrollered the Kaurava army, he was suddenly stopped by Duryodhana wearing Drona’s impenetrable armor. Bhagavad-gita:  If we weaken and contemplate sensual temptation, it will steamroller our inner defenses and impel us to do things that

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  For Lakshmana, the fact that no other animals came anywhere near the shining deer belied Sita’s statement that the deer was simply a harmless, ordinary forest creature Mahabharata:  Dhritarashtra’s eager inquiry – “Has Panchali been won?” – belied his earlier declaration that he would treat the Kauravas and Pandavas equally. Bhagavad-gita:  The

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Vibhishana assured the survivors of Ravana’s army that they wouldn’t be indicted but would be included in his administration. Mahabharata:  Although Dhritarashtra had been largely responsible for the disastrous Kurukshetra war, Yudhishthira didn’t even consider indicting the blind king — for him, Dhritarashtra treated him with great respect.  Bhagavad-gita:  The Gita’s sixteenth

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Rama attacked Maricha with a blunt arrow because his purpose was just to stop the demons’ disruptive activities, not to extirpate them from the planet. Mahabharata:  When Duryodhana realized that Ashvattama had killed the Pandavas’ sons instead of the Pandavas, he fell to the ground in lamentation, fearing that the entire next

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  When Rama told Sita to stay in the kingdom while he went on exile, Sita remonstrated with him repeatedly and passionately until he agreed to take her along. Mahabharata:  Although Vidura remonstrated with Dhritarashtra about the dangerousness of the plan to have a gambling match between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, Dhritarashtra

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  On the eve of the war, two of Ravana’s elders, his uncle Malyadan and his father-in-law Maya, adjured him to accept Angada’s peace proposal by returning Sita to Rama. Mahabharata:  On the seventeenth day of the Kurukshetra war, Ashvattama adjured Duryodhana to call off the hostilities and return the Pandavas their half

Example Sentences: Ramayana: When Indrajita became invisible, it undercut the capacity of Rama’s army to even defend themselves, leave alone counter-attack. Mahabharata: When Kunti told Karna that he was her son born before her marriage, her purpose was not to undercut his will to fight against the Pandavas; her purpose was to prevent his death

Example Sentences: Ramayana: As Ravana thought that flaunting his wealth would win Sita over, he took her on a tour of his magnificent, multi-storeyed palace. Mahabharata: Wanting to flaunt his wealth in front of the exiled Pandavas, Duryodhana came to the forest in great pomp. Bhagavad-gita: Some greedy people enjoy accumulating wealth; other greedy people

Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although Sita had no intention to flout Lakshmana’s reminder to stay within the protective circle, she couldn’t put off serving a sage, especially one who seemed on the verge of cursing her family if he wasn’t served promptly. Mahabharata: When six Kaurava leaders ganged together to attack the sixteen-year-old Abhimanyu, they knew

Example Sentences: Ramayana: When the monkeys were floundering in their search for Sita, that frustration caused tension among them to rise, which in turn brought forth Angada’s suspicions about Sugriva. Mahabharata: When faced with the combined attack by Bhima and Arjuna on the Kurukshetra war’s fourteenth day, the Kaurava soldiers floundered and fled. Bhagavad-gita: Even