Vidura Niti - 10: Forgiveness, conduct, and the end
A common refrain of Dhritarashtra was to bemoan the vicissitudes of fate, the meaningless of karma, and the supremacy of destiny. It was perhaps hi...
Yuddha Kanda 6 - The Fall of Mighty Kumbhakarna
None of the ape leaders could stop Kumbhakarna, and they were all injured by the demon’s attack. Sugriva was furious, seeing the way his ape army w...
Vidura Niti - 9: Long arms, trust, and fools
Remember what Vidura said towards the end of the previous chapter, that someone who incites his enemy "cannot presume to be secure, only because he...
Yuddha Kanda 5 - Hanuman Brings Sanjivani and Kumbhakarna is Awakened
Ravana quickly regained his senses and hurled a spear given to him by Brahma. The spear blazed in the air and struck Lakshmana, making him fall. Ra...
Vidura Niti - 8: Messengers, Gluttony, Security, and Help
Vidura likens the Kouravas to the forest and the Pandavas to the tigers that reside in the forest. His injunction to the king is to not cut down th...
Mausala Parva 2 - Shrikrishna Ascends to Vaikuntha
He sat down on the ground in the forest and recalled Gandhari’s curse. A hunter Jara, who had come there, saw Krishna from far. He thought Krishna’...
Yuddha Kanda 4 - The Battle Resumes after Garuda's Arrival
Trijata’s words pacified Sita, and they returned to the Ashokavana. Meanwhile, Rama had regained consciousness and woke up. He was distraught seein...
Vidura Niti - 7: Lineage, Conduct, and Relatives
So far we have covered three chapters of Vidura Niti - 254 of 541 shlokas - or a little less than half of Vidura Niti, which is entirely contained ...
Shadgarbha - 6 brothers of ShriKrishna
Everyone knows the story of Shrikrishna's birth and the events in his parents' lives leading up to that. Kamsa out of fear for his life at the hands of the eighth son of Devaki decided kill all of them at childbirth. Chapter 2 of Vishnu Parva of Shri Harivamsha Purana tells the backstory of the first 6 sons of Devaki and Vasudev, who were killed by Kamsa. This post is about them.
Mausala Parva 1 - The Club of Destruction
Thirty-six years after the end of the Kurukshetra war, there were many bad omens. The Pandavas then learnt that the Yadavas had killed themselves a...
Yuddha Kanda 3 - The War Begins; Indrajit's Nagapash
Vibhishana had sent his spies to Lanka. He reported their findings to Rama, explaining how the four gates were guarded by the best of Ravana’s men....
Satyaki - a forgotten warrior from Mahabharata
We have been so busy glorifying Karna's role as a friend in Mahabharata - a friendship that pushed both the friends towards their doom and almost d...