Example sentences: Ramayana: When Maricha saw Ravana return so quickly, he feared the worst knowing that Ravana was so capricious that he could in a moment reject all good advice and act according to his whims. Mahabharata: Although Dhritarashtra was not as vicious as Duryodhana, his attachment to Duryodhana made him capricious because he couldn’t
Example sentences: Ramayana: Even since Ravana’s encounter with Vali in which the demon acknowledged the monkey’s superiority, an unmediated peace had continued between the demons and the monkeys. Mahabharata: Krishna felt that an unmediated discussion with the Kauravas offered the Pandavas the best chance of avoiding a catastrophic fratricidal war; so he decided to personally
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The tension between the king’s co-wives had existed for decades in the Ayodhya royal family as a malaise, but it suddenly exploded into malevolence that sent Rama to the forest and Dasharatha to the next world. Mahabharata: Vidura stressed to Dhritarashtra that what afflicted him was not any bodily disease but the
Example sentences: Ramayana: When Bharata returned to Ayodhya, the solemn atmosphere of the city alarmed him, as did the fact that everyone turned their eyes from him. Mahabharata: When Arjuna returned from the battlefield on the thirteenth evening of the Kurukshetra war, the solemn expression on his brothers’ faces as well as the empty throne
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Kaikeyi railroaded her outrageous demands through Dasharatha by presenting them as matters of honour; if he failed to honor his promise to her, he would earn eternal infamy. Mahabharata: Dhritarashtra railroaded the unfair division of the Kuru kingdom through the assembly by presenting the specifics of the division at the last moment
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Vishvamitra was the appellation that king Kaushika acquired after he became an exalted sage by performing severe austerities. Mahabharata: Duryodhana craved the appellation “world emperor” that Yudhisthira had acquired after his successful Rajasuya sacrifice. Bhagavad-gita: The appellation “bhagavan” used to refer to the speaker of the Bhagavad-gita underscores his position as
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Demons who were intoxicated by the power of Ravana indiscriminately killed sages and destroyed sacrifices, thereby endangering the precarious peace that existed between the humans and the demons. Mahabharata: The peace that Dhristarashtra sought to establish by dividing the kingdom among the two cousins was precarious because Duryodhana remained envious and malicious.
Example Sentences: Ramayana: On understanding Ravana’s identity and mentality, Sita blanched in disgust and horror. Mahabharata: When Draupadi heard about the command that she be dragged to the assembly, she blanched in shock. Bhagavad-gita: When faced with adversity, spiritually advanced souls may blanch externally but they won’t go blank internally.
Example Sentences: Ramayana: When Lord Shiva crushed Ravana’s hands under the Kailash mountain that the demon was trying to shake, the demon placated Lord Shiva by reciting prayers that came to be known as Ravana-stuti. Mahabharata: When Dhritarashtra realized how much Duryodhana’s actions had enraged the Pandavas and how Duryodana was in mortal danger,
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The collusion between Ravana and Maricha put them both on a collision course with Rama. Mahabharata: The collusion between the vicious Duryodhana and the devious Shakuni made the Mahabharata war inevitable. Bhagavad-gita: If there is a collusion between the mind and the intelligence, then we become defenceless against temptations.