Epics

Mahābhārata – Episode 108 – The Final Journey

After Yudhiṣṭhira heard the tragic tale of the Yādavas from Arjuna, he felt like renouncing everything and setting out on a long voyage. He looked at Arjuna and...

Mahābhārata – Episode 107 – The Death of Kṛṣṇa and the Yādavas

Thirty-six years after the Mahābhārata War transpired, yet another catastrophe struck. Once, the three mahaṛṣis – Viśvāmitra, Kaṇva, and Nārada – came to Dvārak...

An Honest Study of Srimad Ramayana is the Key to Understand the Veda

Mahābhārata – Episode 106 – The Passing Away of the Elders

Dhṛtarāṣṭra asked Vidura and Gāndhārī to advise Kuntī to go back with her children. He said that she can perform tapas in the kingdom and she had served them ve...

Srimad Ramayana is the Inner Evidence of Our Heart

Mahābhārata – Episode 105 – Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Others head to the Forest

Upon hearing Dharmarāja's request, asking them to stay back in the kingdom, Dhṛtarāṣṭra replied – “Son, my heart has turned towards tapas. It has come down to u...

Sri D.V. Gundappa’s Essays on the Ramayana: An Introduction

Mahābhārata – Episode 104 – Dhṛtarāṣṭra Wishes to Retire to the Forests

The Pāṇḍavas after winning over their enemies, were ruling the vast kingdom under the guidance of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Sañjaya, Yuyutsu and Vidura were taking care of t...

Mahābhārata – Episode 103 – Aśvamedha-yāga and the Mongoose Story

Dharmarāja went to the Himalayas with his younger bothers and gathered the ingredients required for the Aśvamedha-yāga. He also found large quantities of wealth...

Mahābhārata – Episode 102 – Yudhiṣṭhira Laments and Kṛṣṇa Meets his Parents

Dharmarāja offered tarpaṇa to Bhīṣma and as he neared the shores of Ganga, he collapsed out of sorrow. Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Kṛṣṇa, Vyāsa and everyone else present there...

Mahābhārata – Episode 101 – The Death of Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira said, “However competent one might be, if destiny doesn’t smile on him, he will not earn any wealth. Even a helpless chap or a child, if favoured by...

Mahābhārata – Episode 100 – Indomitable Karma

Although Bhīṣma spoke many such words of peace and solace, Dharmarāja’s heart would not find peace; he would not be consoled. He lamented with the words – “Havi...