Example Sentences: Ramayana: Hanuman flew across the ocean with a robust faith not so much in his own power as in the power of Rama’s name which he was constantly chanting. Mahabharata: The gambling match was never meant to be a robust test of skills; it was a sly scheme to strip the Pandavas of
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The guards of Lanka’s fortress were no chumps; Hanuman had to summon all his skills and wits to sneak past them. Mahabharata: Although Kichaka was a seasoned warrior, his infatuation with Draupadi made him into a chump who was caught unawares by Bhima. Bhagavad-gita: If the mind is trusted uncritically, it can
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although the weapons of the monkeys were rudimentary, they more than compensated for that deficiency by their lion-hearted spirit in the service of Rama. Mahabharata: When Bhisma understood that the teenage Pandavas had received only a rudimentary education in weaponry from their father, he started looking for a competent teacher to train
Example Sentences: Ramayana: With his hands folded and holding a mace, Hanuman is a paradigm for how devotion integrates submission and heroism. Mahabharata: Draupadi’s raising her arms to call out to Krishna while being disrobed — that is considered by the bhakti tradition to be the paradigm for surrender. Bhagavad-gita: Krishna’s becoming the charioteer of
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Fearing that Bharat might be dissembling his ill-intention toward Rama, Guha hesitated to reveal Rama’s whereabouts. Mahabharata: During the gambling match, Dhritarashtra made no attempt to dissemble his partiality; openly and repeatedly, he asked, “Has Draupadi been won?” Bhagavad-gita: Those who dissemble their sensual fantasies and put on a garb of renunciation
Example Sentences: Ramayana: After Maricha had been trounced twice of Rama, he resolved to never do anything that would anger Rama. Mahabharata: After Duryodhana was trounced by the Gandhavas, he felt so humiliated that he decided to end his life by fasting to death. Bhagavad-gita: If we don’t take shelter of Krishna, we will be
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Even though hordes of demons charged toward him, Rama remained calm and skilfully felled all of them. Mahabharata: When Arjuna was suddenly attacked by hordes of demons from all sides, his progress was checked. Bhagavad-gita: Sensuality doesn’t have to attack us through hordes of sensual desires; just one sensual desire penetrated into
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Rama knew that even a whiff of scandal was enough to undermine the moral authority of a king over his subjects; and the rumors about Sita’s chastity had now become a severe storm. Mahabharata: Seeing the sun rapidly sinking toward the horizon, Duryodhana got a whiff of opportunity and ordered eight of
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Most English translations of the Ramayana are spotty; few do a good job at conveying the epic’s poetic beauty, emotional intensity and devotional depth. Mahabharata: Bhishma pointed out that although Karna had a huge reputation as a great archer, his actual record was spotty: he had been overpowered by Drupada’s army, the
Example Sentences: Ramayana: When Ravana rejected his advice, Vibhishana decided that staying silent while his brother led the kingdom to destruction would be pusillanimity unworthy of a responsible member of the royalty. Mahabharata: When most of the leaders in the Kuru assembly remained silent while Draupadi was being disrobed, they exhibited a pusillanimity that was