Example Sentences: Ramayana: When an angry Rama wanted to use celestial weapons to target the gods who had let Sita’s abduction happen, Lakshmana humbly reminded him that such an action could be apocalyptic and wouldn’t befit a descendant of the Raghu dynasty. Mahabharata: Knowing that the collision of two brahmastras could be apocalyptic, Arjuna withdrew
Example Sentences: Ramayana: While Ravana had earlier felt infatuation for many attractive women whom he had thereafter abducted, what he felt for Sita seemed to be far more overpowering. Mahabharata: Kichaka’s infatuation with Draupadi would have seemed humorous, if his actions toward her hadn’t been so vicious. Bhagavad-gita: Infatuation is like an intoxication; it transports
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Many of the defining incidents in the Ramayana have become precedents on which Indian society has based its behaviour for millennia. Mahabharata: While discussing whether Draupadi’s marrying five husbands was appropriate, Vyasadeva stressed that such a relationship, although not common, had some precedents in history. Bhagavad-gita: When Krishna recommended renunciation in action,
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The more Dasharatha protested against Kaikeyi’s demand that Rama be exiled, the more Kaikeyi felt that Dasharatha was partisan in protecting and promoting Rama. Mahabharata: Although Dhritarashtra was partisan in supporting his own sons, he accused Vidura of being partisan in supporting Pandu’s sons. Bhagavad-gita: The Gita’s first verse reveals Dhritarashtra’s partisan
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although Ravana’s spies tried to move crabwise out of Rama’s camp, they were soon detected by Vibhishana and arrested by the monkeys. Mahabharata: While following the Pandavas in the Varnavarta forest, Purochana moved crabwise to hide behind nearby trees whenever he felt that the Pandavas were about to look back. Bhagavad-gita: The
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although Ravana was lustful, he concealed it under the appearance of a sage who is generally expected to be guileless. Mahabharata: When the Pandavas first came to Hastinapura from the Himalayas, they had been guileless children; when they came the second time to Hastinapura from Drupada’s kingdom, they had become watchful warriors.
Example Sentences: Ramayana: To gain time for doing a sacrifice that would make him invincible, Indrajita used the ruse of killing an illusory replica of Sita. Mahabharata: Using his Sudarshan-chakra to cover the sun, Krishna created the ruse of a sunset so that the Kauravas would think they had won and lower their weapons, thereby
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although Hanuman’s entry in the Ramayana was unpretentious – as one of the assistants of an exiled monkey prince – he soon performed such heroic feats as to become one of the epic’s most beloved characters. Mahabharata: Subhadra won the heart of Draupadi by adopting the manner and attire of an unpretentious
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