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July 2023
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Why does Bhaktivinoda T say that sakhya rasa, a lower rasa, manifested beyond India after vatsalya rasa, which is a higher rasa?
April 2023
376)
Why did Draupadi not defend herself when she was being dishonored?
August 2022
375)
How Balarama reveals Krishna’s heart in Vrindavana Mathura and Dwarka ? – Balarama appearance day
374)
Why was Balarama kind to Duryodhana and harsh to Romharshana? – Balarama appearance day reflection
June 2022
373)
How could Yudhishthira stake his own wife in gambling?
372)
When Arjuna vowed to kill Jayadratha out of anger and vengeance, was he violating Krishna’s Gita instructions?
February 2022
371)
Karna: Wronged hero or wrong hero: Chaitanya Charan on Kishori Jani M’s podcast
July 2021
370)
Wouldn’t killing Ashwatthama have been just punishment & prevented his future attack with Brahmastra?
April 2021
369)
Isnt the Pandavas’ killing their own relatives over a property dispute immoral?
February 2021
368)
Was Parashurama’s violence against the kshatriyas disproportionate?
January 2021
367)
Was Yudhishthira wrong to gamble and cowardly to not protect Draupadi while she was dishonored?
366)
Those eighteen days – Day 18
365)
Those eighteen days – Day 17
364)
Those eighteen days – Day 16
363)
Those eighteen days – Day 15
362)
Those eighteen days – Day 14
361)
Those eighteen days – Day 13
360)
Those eighteen days – Day 12
359)
Those eighteen days – Day 11
358)
Those eighteen days – Day 10
357)
Those eighteen days – Day 9
356)
Those eighteen days – Day 8
355)
Those eighteen days – Day 7
354)
Those eighteen days – Day 6
353)
Those eighteen days – Day 5
352)
Those eighteen days – Day 4
351)
Those eighteen days – Day 3
December 2020
350)
Those eighteen days – Day 2
349)
Those eighteen days – Day 1
348)
Bhishma And Gopis – Striking Similarities – Bhishma Panchaka Special 1
October 2020
347)
Mahabharata life lessons – Why Draupadi laughed when Duryodhana fell?
346)
Mahabharata Life Lessons – Did the Pandavas fight to take revenge?
345)
Mahabharata Life Lessons – How could Jarasandha do human sacrifices?
344)
Why did Draupadi laugh at Duryodhana? – Hindi
343)
Was Duryodhana cruel to the citizens or just to the Pandavas?
July 2020
342)
Are the Mahabharata real or stories?
May 2020
341)
How would the Kauravas being neutralized by the Pandavas further their spiritual evolution?
340)
Were the Kauravas harassing their citizens – were they tyrants who needed to be removed by force?
339)
Why did Arjuna want to be the greatest archer?
January 2020
338)
Why did Bhishma and other elders stay silent when Draupadi was being disrobed?
October 2019
337)
Comparing Ramayana and Mahabharata 1 – What caused the exiles
336)
Did Krishna protect Draupadi only after she stopped trying to protect herself – does surrender mean we stop trying to do anything?
335)
Mahabharata controversies – how life was unfair to both Karna and Arjuna
334)
Do the ends justify the means, as your Mahabharata explanations imply? Won’t that justify terrorism too?
September 2019
333)
When Duryodhana slipped and fell, why did the Pandavas remain silent?
August 2019
332)
How Balarama’s causeless mercy on Duryodhana was still less for Duryodhana
331)
Self-acceptance – Comparing Vidura and Dhritarashtra
May 2019
330)
Can Abhimanyu’s getting trapped in Chakravuha be compared to our getting trapped in samsara-cakra?
329)
Just as Bhishma chose the wrong side, so do we – how can we learn properly from such role models?
April 2019
328)
Why did Vidura not instruct Dhritrashtra to apologize to the Pandavas and to thereby become offense-free for practicing bhakti?
December 2018
327)
How to choose wisely – Learning from Karna
326)
Dealing with fear of rejection – Analyzing Karna’s character
September 2018
325)
If Krishna already knew that Duryodhana wasn’t going to agree to peace, then did Duryodhana have free will to choose?
324)
If Duryodhana was generous enough to give the arrows to Arjuna why was he so hateful?
323)
Why is Kurukshetra known as Dharma-kshetra – why was it chosen as the venue for the Mahabarata war?
August 2018
322)
Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 2?
321)
Learning from Dhritarashtra – Does destiny make us or do we make it – 1?
320)
Karna character analysis – Are we doomed by destiny or by our own decisions?
319)
Ashwatthama character analysis – Just because we are empowered doesn’t mean that we are right
318)
Duryodhana character analysis 2 – If we don’t want help, even God can’t help
317)
Duryodhana character analysis 1 – Are some people innately evil?
316)
Dhritarashtra character analysis 2 – Do we need to lose everything before we lose our attachments?
315)
Dhritarashtra character analysis 1 – Attachment makes us stone-hearted
July 2018
314)
Why was Ekalavya treated so unfairly?
June 2018
313)
Why does Bhishma say that he is bound by the Kauravas wealth?
312)
Are Bhishma’s teachings of pure devotion at the end of his life contradicted by his life of service to the Kauravas?
April 2018
311)
Why did Bhima abandon Hidimibi – did he marry her simply to gain political power?
310)
Did Krishna use Ghatothkacha as a sacrificial pawn?
December 2017
309)
Duryodhana felt no moral compunction while persecuting the Pandavas, but Dhirtrashtra did – why the difference?
308)
When Abhimanyu was killed, how was Arjuna overcome by illusion?
307)
Duryodhana character analysis 3 – Envy perpetuates dissatisfaction and invites destruction
306)
Duryodhana character analysis 2 – Ambition distorted by envy becomes cancerous
November 2017
305)
Duryodhana character analysis 1 – How the entitlement mentality degrades
304)
Shakuni Character Analysis 2 – Evaluate whether our relationships bring out our best or our worst
June 2017
303)
Why didn’t the Pandavas think that the Kauravas were simply instruments of their own past karma?
302)
Is the Mahabharata that occurred in another age even relevant today?
301)
Is the Mahabharata an excellent drama or is it historically true?
300)
If everything in the Mahabharata is arranged by Krishna’s plan, why do we blame Duryodhana or Karna?
299)
Why is Arjuna considered the greatest archer when all his power came from Krishna?
298)
If Dhritarashtra had stopped Duryodhana from fighting, how would the Gita have been spoken?
297)
When Dhritarashtra was forced by the modes to support Duryodhana, why is he blamed?
296)
Did the celestial voice stopping Duryodhana from committing suicide interfere with his free will?
May 2017
295)
When Karna abused Draupadi, why didn’t anyone punish him by taking away his position?
294)
Karna wanted revenge and Draupadi wanted revenge – what is the difference?
293)
When Bhishma took shelter of the Kauravas’ wealth, why did Krishna shelter him at death?
April 2017
292)
QA with children on Ramayana-Mahabharata
291)
When Arjuna was sinless, why did he have to go to hell?
March 2017
290)
Was the Mahabharata war predestined?
289)
How did Krishna as Shanti-duta use sama, dama, bheda and danda?
288)
The Pandavas could have won a kingdom anywhere by defeating someone else – why did they win it by killing their own relatives?
January 2017
287)
Why did Dhritarashtra stay silent when Duryodhana insulted Vidura (Hindi)?
December 2016
286)
If the Gita is a recorded conversation reported by Sanjaya to Dhritarashtra, how does it contain Sanjaya’s speech?
285)
Did Sanjaya report the Kurukshetra war from Kurukshetra or from Hastinapura?
November 2016
284)
Why did Balarama favor Duryodhana?
283)
Did Karna choose his fate or was he fated to die?
282)
Why did Krishna not stop Yudhishthira from gambling?
October 2016
281)
Why was Arjuna Krishna’s favorite among the Pandavas?
280)
How did Draupadi have so much devotion for Krishna, more than that of even the Pandavas?
279)
Did Karna ever feel that he had made a wrong choice by fighting for Duryodhana?
278)
When did Kunti reveal to Karna that he was her son – why?
277)
Does Krishna ask Karna for his punya when Karna is about to die?
276)
What can we learn from Yudhishthira’s gambling?
275)
Was the Pandavas’ killing Bhishma and Drona according to dharma?
274)
Did Krishna feel confused about which pure devotee to support – Arjuna or Bhishma?
273)
Mahabharata 3 – Karna – Deciding based on intent, content or effect
272)
Mahabharata 2 – Draupadi – Dishonored yet honorable
271)
Mahabharata 1 – Bhishma – Misunderstood by the world, understood by Krishna
September 2016
270)
Does Draupadi not know that Krishna protected her from disrobing?
269)
Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University
268)
When Krishna had vowed not to lift weapons during the Kurukshetra war, why did he lift up a wheel?
267)
Why did Krishna first tell the Pandavas to fight and then to renounce the world because of their sins?
August 2016
266)
Was Yudhishtira’s gambling Draupadi after he had lost himself dharmic or adharmic?
265)
When God fails – Krishna as shanti-duta
July 2016
264)
Why did Drona ask for Ekalavya’s thumb?
263)
Why did Draupadi not protest when she was told to marry five husbands instead of one?
262)
Why did Krishna’s protecting Draupadi’s honor not change the Kauravas’s evil intention?
261)
Why did the Pandavas tolerate poisoning and arson, but not Draupadi’s dishonoring?
260)
Why did Duryodhana put the clause of incognito stay in the Pandavas’ exile?
259)
Why was Duryodhana so envious of the Pandavas?
258)
Did Draupadi dishonor Duryodhana, thereby causing him to dishonor her?
257)
Was Draupadi the cause of the Kurukshetra war?
256)
Were the Pandavas not legitimate heirs to the Kuru kingdom?
255)
Was the Kurukshetra war fought over a property dispute?
254)
Why did Krishna break his vow by attacking Bhishma?
253)
Why did Drona fight against the Pandavas?
252)
Why did Bhishma fight against the Pandavas?
251)
After Bhishma, why was Drona, not Karna, made the Kauravas’ commander?
250)
Wasn’t Krishna’s covering the sun to deceive Jayadratha wrong?
249)
Why did Arjuna target Jayadratha when Abhimanyu was killed by Durjaya?
248)
Why did Bhima kill Duryodhana unfairly?
247)
How could Bhima drink Dusshasana’s blood?
246)
Why did the Pandavas conspire to kill Drona?
245)
Why did Arjuna kill Bhishma from behind Shikhandi?
244)
Why did Bhishma not stop the disrobing of Draupadi?
243)
Despite being virtuous, why did Yudhishthira gamble?
242)
Did Draupadi love Karna?
241)
Was destiny against Karna?
240)
When Karna was virtuous, why did he suggest that Draupadi be disrobed?
239)
Did Kunti do the right thing by abandoning Karna?
238)
Why did Krishna say that Karna is equal, or even superior, to Arjuna in archery?
237)
Did Kunti emotionally weaken Karna by revealing that the Pandavas were his brothers?
236)
Why did Draupadi dishonor Karna by rejecting him as a suitor?
235)
Was Karna not discriminated against by being labeled a charioteer’s son?
234)
Was Karna unfairly disadvantaged by the curses of Parashurama and the brahmana?
233)
Was Karna a glorious example of faithful friendship to Duryodhana?
232)
Was Karna a virtuous hero?
231)
Did Indra unfairly weaken Karna by taking away his armor?
230)
Was Karna the second best archer after Arjuna?
229)
Did Karna conquer the world, but Arjuna couldn’t?
228)
Was Karna a better archer than Arjuna?
227)
Why did Arjuna kill Karna unfairly?
226)
If Dharmaraja could expand as Vidura and Yudhisthira, why did Aryama need to officiate in his place?
June 2016
225)
When Arjuna repeatedly defeated Karna, why are they considered equals?
224)
Why were the kshatriya codes violated during the Kurukshetra war?
May 2016
223)
Was Karna destined to be defeated?
April 2016
222)
When Pandu knew about his curse, why did he take his wives with him to the forest?
221)
Why did Shalya fight on Duryodhana’s side just because of getting good reception?
220)
Did Krishna’s lifting a wheel to attack Bhishma not break his vow?
219)
Didn’t Krishna protecting Arjuna from the Vaishnava astra break his vow?
218)
Why did the Kauravas and the Pandavas have to involve the whole world in their mutual fight?
217)
Why didn’t the Pandavas forgive the Kauravas – why did they have to fight?
216)
Why did Mahadeva give the empowering sword to Ashwatthama?
215)
Why didn’t Krishna stop Dhristadyumna from killing Drona?
214)
Did Yudhishthira sin by not lying as per Krishna’s instruction?
213)
Why did Karna fight on the Kauravas’ side?
212)
Was Ashwatthama gambled – how authentic is the TV Mahabharata?
211)
Disproportionate punishment can be atrocious – Ashwattama pastime analysis 2
210)
Beware of the temptation to punish 1- Ashwattama pastime analysis
March 2016
209)
When Vibhishana went over to the side of virtue, why didn’t Vidura do the same?
208)
When Karna was already killed by destiny, why did Krishna invite Karna to the Pandavas side?
207)
If Karna chose wrongly because of attachment, didn’t Bhishma do the same?
February 2016
206)
How can we explain Krishna’s conspiracies in the Mahabharata?
January 2016
205)
Did Draupadi love Karna?
204)
Why did Arjuna kill Bhishma unfairly?
203)
Was Arjuna a better archer than Karna because he got better training facilities?
202)
Draupadi – dishonored yet honorable
October 2015
201)
Why did Krishna not inform Karna initially that he was Kunti’s son?
200)
Why did Barbarika’s mother tell him to fight on the weaker side instead of on the Pandavas’ side?
199)
Was the solar eclipse a predicted event or created by the Lord to help Arjuna?
198)
When staying silent amidst injustice is wrong, why did Yudhishthira passively accept the Kauravas’ atrocities?
197)
How did Duryodhana win Balaram over to his side?
196)
God proposes, Man Disposes – Understanding Krishna’s failed peace mission
August 2015
195)
Why did Yudhisthira while gambling Draupadi describe her physical beauty publicly?
194)
Why did Arjuna to avenge Abhimanyu kill the weaker Jayadratha and not a stronger opponent like Karna?
July 2015
193)
How was Kunti ever truthful when she lied to conceal Bhima’s identity?
192)
Why was there ajnata vasa in Mahabharata, but not in Ramayana?
June 2015
191)
Why did the Pandavas blindly follow Kunti’s uninformed words to share Draupadi?
190)
Karna’s tragic choice
April 2015
189)
Why did Dhirtarashtra ask for eyes to see the universal form but refuse the eyes to see the Kurukshetra war?
188)
Was Drona a pure devotee? Was he a spiritual teacher?
March 2015
187)
How could Bhima drink Dushashana’s blood?
186)
Did Bhima kill Duryodhana or just wound him?
January 2015
185)
Why did Bhishma in his previous life as Vasu steal Vashistha’s cow?
November 2014
184)
Value Education 14 – Mahabharata 8 – Draupadi – Ask not why this but how now
183)
Value Education 13 – Mahabharata 7 – Yudhisthira 1 – Gambling
182)
Value Education 12 – Mahabharata 6 – Karna 3 – Respond to adversity with integrity
181)
Value Education 11 – Mahabharata 5 – Karna 2 – Life of honor is more important than
180)
Value Education and Spirituality 10 – Mahabharata 4 – Karna 1 – Choose friends that bring out our best, not our worst
September 2014
179)
Did the Pandavas go to heaven or the spiritual world?
178)
If Arjuna was superior to Karna, why does Bhagavatam say he was a small fish in an ocean of giant fishes?
177)
Value Education and Spirituality 9 – Mahabharata 3 – Vidura – Be a forgiving not a forgetful friend
August 2014
176)
Why do we need to justify the Pandavas’ actions? Isn’t “Krishna told them to do it” enough reason?
July 2014
175)
Mahabharata characters 73 Abhimanyu 2 Confronting conspiracy with courage
174)
Mahabharata characters 72 Abhimanyu 1 Penetrating the impenetrable phalanx
173)
When the Pandavas were so virtuous why did Krisha let them suffer so much?
172)
Why was Kunti’s unknowing statement ‘share whatever you have brought’ considered absolute and Draupadai married to all the Pandavas?
171)
Draupadi forgave Ashwatthama but not the Kauravas. Why?
170)
Why did Krishna and Arjuna meet each other first time so late in their lives?
169)
Why did Balaramji favor Duryodhana?
168)
Arjuna’s virtuous victory – Don’t challenge God’s wisdom; let God’s wisdom challenge you – 2
167)
Is the expansion of the Mahabharata from its short Jaya version a contamination?
166)
Arjuna’s virtuous victory – Don’t challenge God’s wisdom; let God’s wisdom challenge you – 1
165)
Mahabharata characters 71 Ashwatthama The dangerous temptation to punish
164)
Is the Mahabharata contaminated due to interpolation?
163)
Why did Duryodhana become vicious despite being born in a virtuous family?
162)
Did Krishna establish dharma just for 36 years after fighting such a big war?
161)
Why did Yaksha ask so many questions to the Pandavas?
160)
Mahabharata characters 70 Karna 5 The tragic end of heroic misdirection
159)
Why did Krishna not protect Yudhisthira from errors of judgment?
158)
Draupadi’s courageous devotion amidst the disrobing – Ask not “why this?” but “how now?”
157)
Did Vikarna get any good result for trying to defend Draupadi’s honor?
156)
Who was Yuyutsu? How did he come from the Kaurava side to the Pandava side?
155)
Why did Yudhisthira agree for a second gambling match after the disastrous first gambling match?
154)
Why did the virtuous Bhishma fight on the side of the vicious Kauravas?
153)
Did Karna have to choose the side of evil due to his past karma?
152)
Did Duryodhana have any good qualities?
151)
What are the authentic sources for learning the Mahabharata?
150)
How did a ciranjeevi Ashwatthama fight against the virtuous Pandavas?
149)
Why did Krishna and others not try to reform Duryodhana as reformation is the ultimate goal?
148)
Mahabharata characters 69 Karna 3 Is word of honor greater than life of honor
147)
Why do the Bhagavatam and the Mahabharata describe the same stories differently?
146)
Duryodhana’s blame game 2 – Attribution error and alien abduction
145)
Duryodhana’s blame game 1 – The unjustified sense of entitlement led to unnecessary envy
144)
Mahabharata characters 68 Karna 2 Status insecurity leads to shocking immorality
143)
Mahabharata characters 67 – Karna 1 – Did life give him a raw deal?
142)
Mahabharata characters 66 Duryodhana 5 Baffled in words, battles and spirits
141)
Mahabharata characters 65 Duryodhana 4 Incompetence and fault finding personified
140)
Mahabharata characters 64 Duryodhana 3 Foolishly adding fuel to fire
139)
Mahabharata characters 63 Duryodhana 2 Krishna’s magnanimity vs Duryodhna’s obstinacy
138)
Mahabharata characters 62 Duryodhana 1 The humiliator is humiliated
137)
Mahabharata characters 61 Draupadi 2 Exemplary devotion amidst tribulation
136)
Mahabharata characters 60 Draupadi 1 Responding to vice with virtue
135)
Mahabharata characters 59 – Sahadeva – Using intelligence in the service of dharma
134)
Mahabharata characters 58 – Nakula – Sustaining unity amidst individuality
133)
Mahabharata characters 57 – Arjun 20 – World conquest for Ashwamedha-yajna
132)
Mahabharata characters 56 – Arjuna 19 – The difficult disciplining of Ashvatthama
131)
Mahabharata characters 55 – Arjuna 18 – The final battle with Karna
130)
Mahabharata characters 54 – Arjun 17 – Devotional surrender amidst mixed feelings at Drona’s death M
129)
Why did Bhima kill Duryodhana unfairly by hitting him below the waist during their final battle in the Mahabharata war?
128)
Mahabharata characters 53 – Arjuna 16 – Racing against time with the Lord of time
127)
Mahabharata characters 52 – Arjuna 15 – Breaking through the wall of the Kaurava forces
126)
Mahabharata characters 51 – Arjuna 14 – Besting the fearsome elephant and the formidable elephant wa
125)
Mahabharata characters 50 – Arjuna 13 – Battling and serving the beloved grandsire
124)
Mahabharata characters 49 – Arjuna 12 – The Gita goes far beyond violence to transcendence
123)
Mahabharata characters 48 – Arjuna 11 – The divine heart calls the human heart to the path of love
122)
Mahabharata Characters 47 – Arjuna 10 – Arguments against and for fighting in the Gita
121)
Mahabharata Characters 46 – Arjuna 09 – Choose Krishna over the world
120)
Mahabharata Characters 45 – Arjuna 08 – The stunning victory at Virata
119)
Mahabharata Characters 44 – Arjuna 07 – Singlehanded triumph over the Nivatkavachas and Kalakanyas
118)
Mahabharata Characters 43 – Arjuna 05 – Heaven hath no fury like a woman scorned
June 2014
117)
Mahabharata Characters 42 – Arjuna 05 – Austerity and audacity for the pleasure of Lord Shiva
116)
Mahabharata Characters 41 – Arjuna 04 – All the gods bested at Khandava
115)
Mahabharata Characters 40 – Arjuna 03 – The match made with Krishna as the matchmaker
114)
Mahabharata Characters 39 – Arjuna 02 – Accepting exile to honour virtue
113)
Mahabharata Characters 38 – Arjuna 01 – Diligence is essential for attaining excellence
112)
Mahabharata Characters 37 – Bhima 07 – Draupadi’s dishonorers destroyed
111)
Mahabharata Characters 36 – Bhima 06 – Bhima decimates the Kauravas in the war’s first sixteen days
110)
Mahabharata Characters 35 – Bhima 05 – Bhima’s heroics during incognito exile
109)
Mahabharata Characters 34 – Bhima 04 – Meting punishment while giving forgiveness
108)
Mahabharata Characters 33 – Bhima 03 – An attack on the gods that fulfilled a godly purpose
107)
Mahabharata Characters 32 – Bhima 02 – No demon is a match to this human
106)
Mahabharata Characters 31 – Bhima 01 – Growing stronger through danger and disaster
105)
Mahabharata Characters 30 – Yudhisthira 08 – Dharmaraja’s moments of infamy and glory in the war
104)
Mahabharata Characters 29 – Yudhisthira 07 – Steadiness through wisdom amidst the war’s worries
103)
Mahabharata Characters 28 – Yudhisthira 06 – Wisdom wins where strength fails (Nahusha & Yaksha)
102)
Mahabharata Characters 27 – Yudhisthira 05 – Words of wisdom vs words of anger in the forest
101)
Mahabharata Characters 26 – Yudhisthira 04 – The Pandavas dishonoured and dispossessed
100)
Mahabharata Characters 25 – Yudhisthira 03 – The virtuous victimized in the vicious gambling match
99)
Mahabharata Characters 24 – Yudhisthira 02 – The world’s king glorifies the supreme king
98)
Mahabharata Characters 23 – Yudhisthira 01 – Sticking to integrity amidst injustice
97)
Mahabharata Characters 22 – Kunti 03 – Successful amidst misery after misery
96)
Mahabharata Characters 21 – Kunti 02 – The glorious mother sees the glory of her sons and her Lord
95)
Mahabharata Characters 20 – Kunti 01 – The blessing that made a nightmare and a dream come true
94)
Mahabharata Characters 19 – Vidura 01 – A true friend, affectionate but not attached
93)
Mahabharata Characters 18 – Dhritarashtra 04 – Losing Everything Before Losing Blindiness
92)
Mahabharata Characters 17 – Dhritarashtra 03 – Blaming destiny for irresponsibility
91)
Mahabharata Characters 16 – Dhritarashtra 02 – How the attached get manipulated
90)
Mahabharata Characters 15 – Dhritarashtra 01 – The blindness of attachment begins
89)
If Draupadi was dishonored due to her past karma, why did the Pandavas have to take revenge?
88)
Mahabharata Characters 14 – Drona 04 – Repaying deceit with deceit
87)
Mahabharata Characters 13 – Drona 03 – The Blunder Under Pressure
May 2014
86)
Mahabharata Characters 12 – Drona 02 – The Teacher’s Tests
85)
Mahabharata Characters 16 – Dhritarashtra 02 – How the attached get manipulated
84)
Mahabharata Characters 11 – Drona 01 – From poverty to power
83)
Mahabharata Characters 10 – Bhishma 09 – The Ideal Departure
82)
Mahabharata Characters 09 – Bhishma 08 – The Grandsire on the arrow bed
81)
Mahabharata Characters 08 – Bhishma 07 – Transcendental devotion amidst violent confrontation
80)
Mahabharata Characters 07 – Bhishma 06 – The heartbreaking conflict among loved ones
79)
Mahabharata Characters 06 – Bhishma 05 – The sacrifice of reputation for devotion
78)
Mahabharata Characters 05 – Bhishma 04 – The celibate becomes the match-maker
77)
Mahabharata Characters 04 – Bhishma 03 – A test of faith
76)
Short introduction to “Fascinating Mahabharata Characters” Course
75)
Mahabharata Characters 03 – Bhishma 02 – The fatal complication
74)
Mahabharata Characters 02 – Bhishma 01 – The fierce vow
73)
Mahabharata Characters 01 – Three understandings of the timeless classic
72)
Was Arjuna’s killing Karna when he was chariot-less not unfair, being against the kshatriya codes?
71)
How is Draupadi’s polygamy justified especially when it involves the same man being required to see her alternately as wife and as sister-in-law?
70)
How is Draupadi’s polygamy be justified especially when the Pandavas have to sometimes see her as a wife and at other times as sister-in-law?
69)
Did the Pandavas actually complete the full year of ajnata vasa or were they detected before time?
68)
Karna’s critical choice – Word of honor or life of honor?
67)
Why did Drona despite being a brahmana desire revenge against Drupada?
66)
Why did Drona despite being virtuous come up with the unfair scheme to kill Abhimanyu?
65)
When I hear the Mahabharata, I identify much more with Karna than Arjuna. What should I do?
64)
Why is Parikshit considered the sole survivor of the Pandava dynasty when sons of Bhima and Arjuna like Sutasoma and Babruvahana were still alive?
April 2014
63)
Did Krishna-Arjuna commit environmental holocaust at Khandava?
62)
When the Pandavas meet Krishna after being exiled to the forest, why do neither mention Krishna’s protecting Draupadi during the gambling match?
61)
Was the Karna who was defeated by Bhima during the pre-Rajasuya yajna conquest different from the Karna who befriended Duryodhana?
March 2014
60)
The Son of the Sun – part 4
59)
If Karna was not stronger than Arjuna why did Kunti weaken him emotionally and Indra weaken him physically before the war?
58)
Karna’s colossal blunder
57)
In the Mahabharata, why are other warriors like Eklavya, Ghatothakcha and Barbarika manipulated to favor Arjuna?
56)
How do we understand Krishna’s statement to Arjuna that Karna is a better archer than him?
February 2014
55)
The Son of the Sun – Part 3
54)
Mahabharata Wisdom 2 – Karna 1 – Past life karma comes as this life’s problems (Hindi)
53)
Why did Draupadi insult Duryodhana when he fell in the Maya sabha by saying ‘andhe ka beta andha’?
52)
The Son of the Sun – Part 2
51)
The Son of the Sun – Part 1
50)
Mahabharata wisdom 1 – Ashwatthama – Beware of the temptation to punish (Hindi)
December 2013
49)
If gambling makes people do foolish things, why are kshatriyas ordained to gamble when challenged?
48)
Are the beliefs “kshatriya martyrs attain heaven” & “jehadi suicide bombers attain paradise” different?
47)
When God Fails – The Bhakti Message in Krishna’s Peace Messenger Pastime
46)
Did Ekalvaya fight in the Kurukshetra war?
45)
Instead of Vyasadeva begetting a successor king in his deceased brother’s wife couldn’t he have become the king himself?
November 2013
44)
Why did Krishna ask Arjuna to worship Durga before the Mahabharata war?
43)
When Yudhisthira says that only foolish people seek worldly things in the famous “ascharyam” verse, why does he seek a kingdom?
42)
Was Yudhisthira the most immoral among all the Pandavas because he gambled away all of them and even their innocent wife?
41)
Wasn’t Arjuna’s taking on the garb of a mendicant to abduct Subhadra immoral?
40)
When Jayadratha didn’t actually kill Abhimanyu, why did Arjuna target him to avenge Abhimanyu’s death?
September 2013
39)
How can a butcher be advanced in spiritual knowledge as the Vyadha Gita in the Mahabharata depicts?
38)
What does the Mahabharata pastime of Draupadi and all the Pandavas except Yudhisthira falling before they reach the top of the Himalayas signify?
August 2013
37)
Is the Shiva-sahasra-nama that glorifies Lord Shiva as supreme an interpolation in the Mahabharata?
36)
Did Draupadi love Arjuna more than the other Pandavas as a controversial South Indian novel claims?
July 2013
35)
What is the significance of the Gita’s reference to Krishna as Bhagavan because Mahabharata also refers to Shiva as Bhagavan?
34)
Does ISKCON have its commentary on the Mahabharata?
33)
Why didnt Bhishma pitamah stop the Kurus from disrobing Draupadi?
March 2013
32)
Isnt Vyasadeva’s birth illegitimate?
February 2013
31)
What is the relation of Vedvyasji with Parashar Muni and King Shantanu?
30)
If Bhishma departed on Makar Sankranti then what is Bhishmashtami?
January 2013
29)
How do we understand that the number of people killed in the Mahabharata war was more than the earth’s population at that time
28)
Winning the Race Against Time – New Year Eve class (Hindi)
December 2012
27)
How could 64 crore people have fit in the small area known as Kurukshetra?
26)
If Drona rejected Eklavya due to his character deficiency, then why didnt he reject Duryodhana too?
November 2012
25)
How did Krishna forget the Bhagavad-gita, as he states in the Mahabharata?
24)
Why did Bhishma and Drona fight on the side of the Kauravas?
October 2012
23)
Mahabharata Characters 4 – Duryodhana
22)
Why was Duryodhana born with so much power when he had such evil tendencies? (and 4 other questions about Duryodhana)
21)
Mahabharata Characters 3 – Karna 2 (Hindi)
20)
When Arjuna had defeated all the Kaurava heroes at Virata why does Bhagavatam refer to them as the huge fishes timingilas against whom Arjuna was like a tiny fish?
19)
Mahabharata Characters 2 – Karna 1 (Hindi)
18)
Mahabharata Characters 1 – Bheeshma (Hindi)
September 2012
17)
Morality and Immorality in the Mahabharata – Hindi
August 2012
16)
Why did Yudhishthira consider the wicked Dhritrashtra as a respectable elder who had to be obeyed? Why didnt he consult Krishna?
15)
Why did Yudhishthira gamble despite knowing its consequences?
14)
Please explain the union of Parasara Muni and Satyavati.
13)
War Against Maya – Mahabharata Days 12 and 13
July 2012
12)
What is the Vedic perspective about the book ‘Mrutyunjaya’?
April 2012
11)
What does Prabhupada mean when he refers to Drona’s leniency?
10)
Why did the same Arjuna who didn’t want to kill his own relatives before the war want to kill Yudhishthira?
9)
How does Kuvera have a lake on the earth?
March 2012
8)
Why are the names of Vedic personalities characteristic of their personalities?
7)
Why Draupadi didn’t allow Karna to participate in her swayamvar competition?
February 2012
6)
Why are there contradictions between Mahabharata and Bhagavatam?
5)
When the Pandavas were born of various demigods, why are they called the sons of Pandu?
January 2012
4)
Can you kindly clarify the position of Ekalavya?
3)
Can you clarify the character and past-life history of Karna?
2)
Why was Karna denigrated as suta-putra?
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MBW 1 (Mahabharata Wisdom 1): The Unity of the Pandavas – Yudhisthira’s Mistake