Example Sentences: Ramayana: When Vibhishana sought the shelter of Rama, there was a brief discord among the Vanara leaders over whether the demon could be trusted. Mahabharata: The root of the discord between the Pandavas and the Kauravas laid in Duryodhana’s entitlement mentality. Bhagavad-gita: Whenever there is a discord between our senses and our sense
Example Sentences: Ramayana: The demons had pigeon-holed Rama as a mere mortal but they soon found that his prowess exceeded that of the gods. Mahabharata: Bhishma told Duryodhana to give up the attempt to pigeonhole Krishna; Krishna’s divinity meant that he included and exceeded all worldly designations. Bhagavad-gita: We are pigeonholed not so much by
Example Sentences: Ramayana: As the thirsty monkeys foraged desperately for water, they spotted a bird flying out of a cave with water dripping from its wings. Mahabharata: While foraging in the forest, four of the Pandavas succumbed at the lake of death but they were revived by Yudhisthira’s expertly answering the questions of the Yaksha
Example Sentences: Ramayana: On seeing how terrified his spies were of Rama, Ravana dismissed their estimate of the size of Rama’s army as squishy. Mahabharata: Shakuni’s brahmana friend, Kanika, made the morally squishy argument that life was meant for enjoyment; therefore whatever furthers one’s enjoyment was the right thing to do. Bhagavad-gita: If we are
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Brahma told Yamaraja that if he killed Ravana in violation of the benediction of invincibility the demon had been granted, that would disrupt the universal order and might even cause omnicide. Mahabharata: Though Ashwatthama knew that the collision of two Brahmastras could cause omnicide, he saw no other way to save his
Example Sentences Ramayana: During Sita’s swayamvara, Rama easily outstripped all the other suitors by effortlessly lifting and breaking the bow that they had struggled to even lift. Mahabharata: During the martial exhibition, Karna claimed that he could outstrip all of Arjuna’s feats, but he managed to only equal them. Bhagavad-gita: To relish spiritual happiness, we
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Knowing Lakshmana’s pugnacious nature and seeing his furious expression, all the monkeys and even their king, Sugriva, shrank back. Mahabharata: Among the Pandavas, Bhima was the most pugnacious, and he found the imposed inactivity of exile especially difficult. Bhagavad-gita: Given that Arjuna was ready to reconsider fighting even on the battlefield, he
Example Sentences: Ramayana: On hearing that Vishwamitra was at the outskirts of his kingdom, Dasharatha didn’t even consider sending a surrogate to greet the powerful sage; he immediately sprang up from his throne and ran out. Mahabharata: Kings normally send their surrogates as peace messengers; that the Pandavas sent Krishna, the Supreme Lord, as their
Example Sentences: Ramayana: After due brainstorming and ideation about how to cross the ocean, Rama sat down in meditation to please the ocean god and ask him to provide them a way. Mahabharata: When Duryodhana was humiliated by the Gandharvas in front of the Pandavas, he felt that he couldn’t live anymore; the thought of
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Although Manthara had been the provocateur, it was Kaikeyi who was condemned by everyone because she had executed the shocking scheme to exile Rama. Mahabharata: By sending an insulting letter to the Pandavas on the eve of the Kurukshetra war, Duryodhana acted as provocateur; he over-confidently thought that if the Pandavas were