Example Sentences: Ramayana: Ironically, the Ramayana ends on a heart-wrenching note: not with the joyful reunion of Rama and Sita, but with the painful separation of the two. Mahabharata: Ironically, victory in the Kurukshetra war turned out to be hollow for the Pandavas because Ashwattama had brutally slaughtered all their five sons on the very
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although all the demon generals were powerful, Kumbhakarna was a leviathan towering above all of them. Mahabharata: On seeing the leviathan universal form of Krishna, all those present in the Kuru assembly shrank back in fear. Bhagavad-gita: The Gita (10.41) indicates that everything leviathan, be it in the natural world or the
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Hanuman warned Ravana that if he didn’t return Sita to Rama immediately, the backlash would destroy all of Lanka. Mahabharata: Although Duryodhana’s actions during the gambling match had been outrageous, the backlash from the Kuru leaders was surprisingly and shockingly muted. Bhagavad-gita: The casual contemplation on sense objects has a backlash that
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although Sugriva tried to mollify Vali, the huge monkey was too angry to listen to the younger brother. Mahabharata: Duryodhana told his father that any attempt to mollify the Pandavas was not likely to work; the insult to Draupadi would be unbearable for them. Bhagavad-gita: When the mind gets agitated, we need
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Rama told the Ayodhya citizens not to despise Kaikeyi; whatever she had done had been ordained by destiny. Mahabharata: The more Bhima’s superior strength became evident, the more Duryodhana despised Bhima. Bhagavad-gita: Although Krishna tells Arjuna to fight against his enemies (11.33), he also tells Arjuna not to despise anyone (11.55) —
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Ravana thought that the only way a single human being could have defeated fourteen thousand demons was if the demons had botched the fight terribly. Mahabharata: When the Pandavas returned alive, Duryodhana mentally cursed Virochana who had apparently botched the plan to burn the Pandavas. Bhagavad-gita: Krishna’s message of the Gita saved
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Hanuman’s burning of Lanka exposed the fallacy of Ravana’s belief that his island kingdom was unassailable. Mahabharata: Bhisma highlighted the fallacy in Duryodhana’s belief that the numerical superiority of his forces guaranteed his victory: omnipotent Krishna was on the opposite side. Bhagavad-gita: The Gita begins by underscoring the fundamental fallacy that defined
Example Sentences: Ramayana: After Maricha experienced Rama’s phenomenal prowess for a second time, he became so afflicted by paranoia that even hearing the sound “R” would make him fearful that Rama was coming to attack him. Mahabharata: Although the Pandavas were targeted by murderous conspiracies right from their teenage years, they never succumbed to paranoia;
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Hanuman felt elated as he flew away from Ravana’s burning capital: his mission in Lanka had been a smashing success. Mahabharata: After his stunning single-handed victory over the entire Kaurava army at Virata, Arjuna felt elated as he returned to the kingdom to report the good news to his brothers. Bhagavad-gita: When
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The citizens of Ayodhya lamented the precipitous decline in Rama’s fortunes: crown prince on one night and dressed in tree bark to go on exile the next day. Mahabharata: As Duryodhana looked at his demoralized handful of troops remaining by the afternoon of the eighteenth day of the war, he could scarcely