Continued from Adi Parva – 4 Drupada, after being defeated by Drona performed a yajna (sacrifice) to get a powerful son to avenge his humiliation. From the fire emerged a son and a daughter. The son is named Dhrishtadyumna who is destined to kill Drona. The daughter is known as Krishnaa because she is dark …
Continued from Adi Parva – 3 One day Drona pretends to be caught by a crocodile. Without a second thought, Arjuna kills the crocodile and saves Drona even as the others watch. A delighted Drona gifts him the greatest celestial weapon, the Brahmastra (the weapon of Brahma). Karna then asks for the Brahmastra but when …
Everyone knows the story of Abhimanyu. It is the story of a sixteen year old warrior who broke into Drona’s formidable Chakravyuha military formation and created havoc in the Kaurava camp. Single-handedly he battled the entire day with the Kauravas until he was finally killed in cold blood and through deceit by the Kaurava greats. …
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The Mahabharata has lessons on virtually every subject. Dharma is the principal concept you will find throughout the epic. While the main story of the epic itself presents different perspectives on Dharma, the minor stories also are an important part of the epic. The minor stories or the Upakhyanas are many. All of these upakhyanas …
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After the retelling of the stories of Lord Shiva and Sri Ramachandra, legendary author Amish turns to a historical character. The Legend of Suhel Dev is the story of a great king retold in the brilliant narrative style that Amish is so famous for. The story of Suhel Dev, the king who defeated the Ghazni …
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Continued from Adi Parva – 2 Meanwhile Pandu who wants a powerful son asks Kunti to summon Vayu, the God of the Wind. The son born is named Bheema. He is so strong that as a baby he falls down from Kunti’s arms and the rock on which he falls shatters. Pandu then seeks a …
Continued from Adi Parva-1 Bheeshma flatly refuses to break his vow but suggests that the principle of Niyoga can be used to produce an heir. He suggests that a Brahmana well versed in the scriptures can impregnate the queens and make them pregnant. Satyavati then reveals that she has a son by the sage Parashara …
Back to contents The sage Ugrashrava known as Souti narrates the entire story of the Mahabharata to the sages in the Naimisha forest during the sacrifice being conducted by Shaunaka and other sages. The story starts with the Sarpa or snake sacrifice being conducted by the King Janmejaya. The sage Vaishampayana, a disciple of Vyasa …
The Kurukshetra war was fought for 18 days and by the end, the Pandavas won. The war is without doubt one of the most brutal events that occurred in Bharatavarsha. The significance of the war lies in the fact that it marked the victory of dharma over adharma. In subsequent blogs, I will describe each …
When we talk of the Great War, we refer to it as the war between the dharma. The Kurukshetra War was fought between the Pandavas and the Kauravas with all the kingdoms of Bharatavarsha participating in the war on one side of the war. The war was crucial because it decided the destiny of the …
