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In the last post, I mentioned the story of the doe and the stag. Parashurama and Akritavrana heard the story and were amazed. They decided to go th...

Having crossed the ocean, Rama and his army reached Lanka. Ravana was surprised at how Rama had achieved this task. He sent two of his advisors Shu...

It’s common knowledge that after Shrikrishna’s ascension to Vaikuntha, Pandava brothers also decided to depart to heaven along with their wife Drau...

The first chapter of Vidura Niti ended with Vidura advising Dhritarashtra to do the right thing and hand over the Pandava's "rightful kingdom" to t...

Yudhishtira treated Dhritarashtra with respect and looked after him well. The blind former king of Hastinapura was given all comforts and his advic...

All of us know the basic Parashurama story. Therefore, from Brahmanda Purana, I have picked up bits less familiar. Trailokya-vijaya mantra was an e...

Kanika was the son of Bharadwaj rishi and an advisor of Dhritarashtra on political matters. Dhritarshtra consulted him before sending Pandava brother and Kunti to Varanavat as part of the conspiracy to burn them alive. 

This post here covers the advice offered by Kanika to the blind king as captured in the Gita Press edition of Mahabharata. 

Shakuni is a key character in the great epic Mahabharata and is one of those characters which many people find fascinating. So fascinating that the...

After hearing Hanuman’s narration, Rama was pleased. He praised Hanuman, saying no one else in the world other than Garuda and Hanuman could cross ...

Matali is the charioteer of Indra. He plays important roles in our epics, some of which we will explore in this post. In Ramayana When Shriram ca...

I ended the third piece on Vidura Niti with listing the six who live off six others. Let's move to the seven. Yes, I am talking about seven vices t...

Most people know the Parashurama story, at least the bare bones of it. The story is about Kartavirya Arjuna and how, because of Kartavirya Arjuna’...