Meaning of the Mahabharata

Literature Feb 10, 2019

The Distilled Essence of the Mahabharata: Introduction

yadihAsti tadanyatra yannEhAsti na tat kvacit || (Adi Parva: 56:33)  That which exists in the Mahabharata exists everywhere in the world. That whic...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Literature Feb 17, 2019

The Distilled Essence of the Mahabharata: Pursuit of Eternal Truths

Characters are Akin to Shadows The principles and tenets symbolized by the Devas and the Asuras in the Vedic lore have been clearly, vividly unraveled in the c...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Literature Feb 24, 2019

The Distilled Essence of the Mahabharata: The World as a Kurukshetra

The Philosophy of Virtue is Worth Pursuing The Mahabharata continues to occupy a preeminent place because it offers the great ideal of the elevation of one’s c...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Literature Mar 05, 2019

The Universal Canvas of the Mahabharata:

Complexity of Characters This selfsame impulse is visible in the characters of Duryodhana and such others in a tangential fashion. Nobody regards Duryodhana an...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna

Literature Mar 31, 2019

The Conversation of the Bhagavad Gita

In a work that begins in this fashion, Bhagavan Veda Vyasa throws up his hands helplessly in despair in the end, expressing his dejection. The lesson that strik...

Dr. S R Ramaswamy | Trans: Sandeep Balakrishna