Example Sentences: Ramayana:  When Ravana heard that his favorite garden had been despoiled by a strange monkey, he was startled and angered. Mahabharata:  Whereas modern forests are despoiled by the intrusion of humans, the Khandava forest had been despoiled by the intrusion of demoniac beings who had taken the forms of forest beasts. Bhagavad-gita:  Krishna

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Vali pummeled Sugriva so severely that onlookers realized he would soon be killed if he didn’t break free and flee. Mahabharata:  Enraged at Kichaka’s attempts to molest Draupadi, Bhima pummeled Kichaka into a shapeless mass of lifeless flesh. Bhagavad-gita:  If we don’t cultivate absorption in a meaningful purpose, we will feel that

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Manthara told Kaikeyi that Rama’s fourteen-year long exile would give Bharata enough time to burnish his image by giving profuse charity to the citizens of Ayodhya. Mahabharata:  Performing the vaishnava yajna which was similar to the raja suya yajna, was Duryodhana’s attempt to burnish his reputation, which had been spoiled by the

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Rama repudiated Lakshmana’s accusation that Dasharatha had exiled him because of infatuation for Kaikeyi; he stressed that his worshipable father had acted out of his obligation toward her, having given her his word of honor long ago. Mahabharata:  Bhishma thoroughly repudiated Duryodhana’s claim that the Pandavas had been detected before the expiry

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  The news that the monkeys had constructed a bridge across the ocean and that thousands of them had already reached Lanka flabbergasted Ravana. Mahabharata:  On coming to know that the Pandavas had not only survived the Varnavarta fire but had also become allied with Drupada through marriage with Draupadi, Duryodhana was flabbergasted.

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Although Indrajita tried to befuddle Lakshmana by creating various illusions, Lakshmana dissipated all those illusions quickly and thoroughly. Mahabharata:  The various illusions in the Maya-sabha befuddled Duryodhana, who sometimes walked on dry land with his lower cloth raised and sometimes slipped on water that he mistook to be dry land. Bhagavad-gita:  If

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  Those who execrate Rama for banishing Sita overlook the royal duty that required him to do so and the profound pain it caused him.  Mahabharata:  Wanting to execrate Draupadi’s character, Karna claimed that she was already a prostitute because she had five husbands. Bhagavad-gita:  Krishna warned Arjuna that if he left the

Example Sentences: Ramayana:  On hearing that his entire regiment at Janasthana had been wiped out, Ravana felt incensed. Mahabharata:  With the image of Draupadi being disrobed by Dushasana burning in his mind, the incensed Bhima roared, “Dushasana, I will rip out the arm with which you tried to rip away the clothes of the chaste

Example Sentences: Ramayana: Dasharatha begged to Kaikeyi, “When Rama hasn’t done anything to antagonize you, why do you want to exile him?” Mahabharata: Although Yudhishthira didn’t do anything to antagonize Duryodhana, the Kaurava’s entitlement mentality made him feel envious of the Pandava. Bhagavad-gita: As our mind is attached to many illusory pleasures, our very attempt

Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although the arrested Hanuman was pilloried by Lanka’s guards and citizens, he neglected them and focussed on observing Lanka’s military arrangements. Mahabharata: Shishupala pilloried Bhishma, charging that his much-vaunted celibacy was nothing but a cover-up for his impotency. Bhagavad-gita: Krishna warned Arjuna that if he left the battlefield, he wouldn’t be praised