Example Sentences: Ramayana: None of the demons dared bring up Ravana’s ignominious defeat at the hands of Rama the previous day, but it was foremost in everyone’s minds as they prepared for the war. Mahabharata: For Duryodhana, being arrested by the Gandhavas and then released by Bhima and Arjuna in front of the Kuru royal
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The Ramayana contains many allusions to the Vedic gods and goddesses along with several narratives of their activities, thereby indicating that its story is firmly grounded in the Vedic world view. Mahabharata: The Mahabharata contains several allusions to the Ramayana and a brief retelling of the Ramayana called Ramopakhyana, thereby demonstrating that
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Kaikeyi had somehow become convinced by Manthara that Rama’s enthronement was a conspiracy to deprive her son Bharat of his royal legacy. Mahabharata: Dhritarashtra couldn’t deny that the kingdom was as much the legacy of the sons of Pandu as it was of his sons. Bhagavad-gita: Arjuna felt that the fratricidal Kurukshetra
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The sages explained to Rama that although the demons wandered far and wide, wreaking havoc wherever they went, they were rootless; their base was in Lanka where their king Ravana reigned. Mahabharata: As the Pandavas slipped away into the forest, leaving the burning palace, they wondered whether they would be rootless for
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Rama found that grappling with the demon of separation from Sita was far more difficult than the strongest of the demons he had fought with. Mahabharata: During the exile, Yudhisthira and Draupadi had a discussion on morality, wherein they grappled with the reality of suffering and its seeming arbitrariness and unfairness. Bhagavad-gita:
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Tara reminded Vali that a snitch had informed them about Sugriva’s recent alliance with the powerful Ayodhya prince Rama – an alliance that would make Sugriva much more dangerous than he had earlier been. Mahabharata: Knowing that the Kauravas’ snitches could be anywhere, the Pandavas sought complete seclusion before they discussed their
Example Sentences: Ramayana: On hearing about the knockabout celebrations of the monkeys who had returned from their search of Sita, Sugriva inferred that they had been successful. Mahabharata: During the martial exhibition meant to display the talents of Drona’s students, the activity and the atmosphere were knockabout, but it suddenly fell silent when Karna arrived
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The switcheroo, by which the Sita abducted by Ravana is her illusory replica, is stated not in the Valmiki Ramayana but in later retellings of the story. Mahabharata: When Kichaka’s unwanted advances toward Draupadi became unbearable for her, she and Bhima planned a switcheroo to entice and entrap him. Bhagavad-gita: The mind
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Rama’s plans to search for Sita were stymied by the event of the rainy season with its unusually heavy rains. Mahabharata: Knowing that his efforts to gain a good archery education would be stymied by his low birth, Karna told Parshurama that he was born in a brahmana family. Bhagavad-gita: Our efforts
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Because Rama and his army peregrinated to the southern coast of India, it took them much longer to reach there than it had taken for Ravana to go beyond the southern most point of India to Lanka because Ravana had travelled by the airways using his mystical powers. Mahabharata: When the Pandavas