Example Sentences: Ramayana: Manthara, the maid of Kaikeyi, is often depicted as a hunchback, a depiction that serves to reinforce her evil mentality. Mahabharata: Bhishma told Duryodhana how Krishna had miraculously healed Kubja; just by his touch, she changed from a hunchback to a woman as beautiful as a goddess. Bhagavad-gita: We may not develop
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Angada said that even if he succeeded in leaping across the ocean to Lanka, he wouldn’t have enough strength to leap back and would end up marooned among the demons. Mahabharata: The forest sages told Yudhisthira the well-known tale of Trishanku, who found himself marooned in space being unable to rise to
Example Sentences: Ramayana: When Ravana heard that a monkey was wrecking his garden, he initially thought that his guards were being sloppy but soon he realised that the monkey was a formidable foe. Mahabharata: When Duryodhana heard that Purochana had also been burned in the palace fire, he thought that Purochana had been sloppy, becoming
Example Sentences: Ramayana: When Ravana took a swipe at Rama, criticizing him as a mere mortal and a pauper, Hanuman decided that enough was enough and retaliated by burning Lanka. Mahabharata: While the Pandavas were departing from the Kuru assembly after the dreadful gambling match, Karna took a swipe at them: “Here are the heroes
Example Sentences: Ramayana: When told that Dasharatha had to honor his promise to Kaikeyi, Lakshmana dismissed that as just a specious reason for a plot to deprive Rama of his kingdom. Mahabharata: When Dhritarashtra suggested that the Pandavas go to Varanavata to oversee the festival on behalf of the Kuru kingdom, they sensed that the
Example Sentences: Ramayana: While still a bambino, Hanuman leapt toward the sun, mistaking it to be a shiny fruit. Mahabharata: As a bambino, when Bhima fell off a mountain cliff, the rock on which he fell cracked into pieces, while he himself remained unharmed. Bhagavad-gita: Our mind remains like a bambino throughout our life, not
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Due to his despotic tendencies, the ten-headed Dashagriva acquired the name Ravana, one who made others cry. Mahabharata: Duryodhana’s despotic tendencies became evident in his childhood itself when he tried to poison Bhima. Bhagavad-gita: The Gita’s sixteenth chapter outlines the despotic mentality of the demoniac who don’t hesitate to destroy those who
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Ravana could scarcely believe that his forces, which had not been defeated even by the gods, had now been reduced to disarray by an army of humans and monkeys. Mahabharata: Seeing the Kaurava forces in disarray after the fall of their leaders, the Pandavas decided to press home their advantage. Bhagavad-gita: If
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Bharat’s plan to call Rama back from exile gained immediate and widespread traction among the citizens of Ayodhya, thousands of whom accompanied him to the forest. Mahabharata: Although Duryodhana had committed so many atrocities, that his cause gained so much traction before the Kurukshetra war was surprising: it suggested that either many
Example Sentences: Ramayana: Ravana tried to break the nexus between Rama and the monkeys by first alluring Sugriva with wealth and then alluring Angada the same way. Mahabharata: The nexus between Duryodhana and Karna emboldened Duryodhana and corrupted Karna. Bhagavad-gita: The nature of the nexus between the mind and the intelligence determines our destiny: if