Mahabharata

The Indian civilization is known for the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics. These ancient Sanskrit texts are central to Hindu mythology and culture, with the Mahabharata focusing on a great war and the Ramayana detailing the life of Prince Rama.

One of the most famous passages from the Mahabharata is the Bhagavad Gita, which is a conversation between Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. This dialogue discusses important philosophical and ethical issues, emphasizing duty and righteousness. Another famous passage is the game of dice where Yudhishthira, the eldest Pandava, gambles away his kingdom, leading to the exile and eventual war with the Kauravas.

In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Karna Kavach and Kundal were given to Karna by his father, Surya. Karna wore them in battle. However, during the Kurukshetra war, Indra, disguised as a Brahmin, asked for them as a boon before going into battle with Karna's son, Arjuna. Reluctantly, Karna gave them away, which ultimately led to his downfall in the war.

There are multiple versions of the Mahabharata, an ancient Hindu epic in which the Pandavas are killed. However, in most versions, it is Ashwatthama, a warrior and friend of the Kauravas, who kills the Pandavas while they are sleeping.

Is it justifiable, if one man pledged to other, and whatever it may how the pledged man pledge his wife too. This is is not justifiable. Panchali's husbands'

father's elder brother Dhritharashetrer didn't answer correctly. And Panchali didn't get justification from him. This is the reason of"kuruskhethra yudham"

Sorry for grammar mistakes.

Hariharan Nair.

The Mahabharata, an ancient Indian epic, has about 100,000 shlokas (verses) spread over 18 books. The exact number of pages can vary depending on the edition and translation of the text.

There are several holy works which are considered to be important scriptures of Hinduism, but the most important one is called the Bhagavad Gita, which outlines the fundamental creeds to Hinduism and it's beliefs.

Both portray gods. Both contain stories of battles.

Both are epic poems of considerable length. Both books describe only a limited period in a war that in both cases spans a considerably longer period.. Both narratives describe individual battles and deaths of various heroes of both sides, military formations, war diplomacy, meetings and discussions among the characters, and the weapons used. Both are very old poems, their exact origins lost in the mist of times.

In both cases, the historical truth of the war is in doubt and remains subject to scholarly discussions.

Because Kurukshetra was in between Hastinapur and Indraprasth and easily reachable from both ends.

Arjuna shot the first arrow near the feet of Bhisma, Drona, Kripa as a sign of offering respect.

They were both honest and just rulers of their kingdom

The father's name is Pandu. His two wives were Kunti and Madri. I cannot find reference to Pancha as one of the brothers; I believe this is a word describing a geographic region, or something similar. See link for more. There is a place called Pancha Pandava Rathas.

Father's name is Pandu. He had two wives. One Kunti another Maadri.

Kunti gave birth to Dharmaraya, Bheema and Arjuna.

Maadri gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva.

these five together are called Pandava. Pancha means "five" in Sanskrit. Five Pandavas mean pancha pandavas.

arjun

Ghandahri

That, no matter what the circumstances, good will always prevail over evil

No, Hinduism started long before the Nazis came around (referring to the answer before this one) it started in India roughly 2 and a half thousand years ago.

Lord Krishna says, " Look Arjuna, I am the fluidity in liquids, light in sun and moon, omkara in all the Veda, sound (?) in the space and manliness in the men." (7/8)."I am pure scent in the earth, plasma (core) in the fire, life in all the living things and willingness to worship in those who worship." (7/9).

" Look Arjuna, I am the origin of every form, living and non-living. I am the intelligence of intelligent people and (roughly) the character of the people, who have great character." (7/10).

"Arjuna, I am the power of in the powerful people and sex and sexuality in every body as per the norms of the society." (7/11).

"And those emotions, that come from (roughly) good bad or mixture of both, come from me. But in fact I am not in them and they are not in me." (7/12).

( Here the Lords Krishna makes self contradictory statement. He make similar self contradictory statement in 4/13 also. Such type of statements indicate that there are some things, which are beyond your intellectual capacity. For example the meaning of infinity can not be processed by human brain. For all practical purpose very large numbers act as infinity and gives you practically correct answer in your experiments.)

"Due to this good bad and mixture of both(?), these people are affected. So they do not know Me, who is beyond these things. " (7/13).

(Here again Lord Krishna says that He is 'beyond' your understanding.)

"Because this creation of mine is very difficult to understand (or rather impossible) to understand. But the people, who worship Me, cross this boundary." (7/14).

( I have been thinking about this infinity since my childhood. Now after thinking about the same for more than four decades, I came to the conclusion that human brain can not understand the meaning of infinity. Then the question that arise is that how some one had this concept of infinity some 3500 years back. I do not call myself as infinite God, but He says that He is that infinite God, that to repeatedly. I am trained by the modern science. He was not so. So I have no option, but to have faith in that infinite God.)

"The people, whose intellect is dominated by ego are stupid. Those people, who do bad karma, the people, who are mean minded are stupid and so do not worship Me." (15).

(The people, who go after the earthly things are stupid. For that such things do not give you lasting happiness. Deep inside you know that you are a thief. You are robbing others. So you do not get the real peace of mind. Real peace of mind can be obtained by sacrifice and love for others only.)

Lord Krishna says that if a person keep away all the sensory organs from their subjects and go on thinking about them, then he is called as hypocrite. (3/6). Lord Krishna says that the person who control the sensory organs by his mind and then allow the sensory organs to involve in their subjects, with out psychological involvement in the subjects, is the one who is great (special one). (3/7).

(As per Geeta, if you deprive the sensory organs of their subjects and then go on thinking about them, you are hypocrite. One has to be hypocrite for various reasons, mostly on religious and social grounds. That is not the good thing. Day by day some western countries are showing noticeable improvement in the social norms. Religions are better understood. So may be in near future one may not be forced to remain hypocrite for social reasons. In most of the eastern countries, the society forces one to become hypocrite. Lord Krishna is very much against to be such abnormal control of sensory organs from their subjects. Lord Krishna says that you should control the sensory organs psychologically. Then let the sensory organs go after their subjects. That person is great, who can control the sensory organs psychologically and allow the sensory organs to involve in their subjects. This is like you are riding the horse and you have control over the same.)

Urvashi..

she was attracted to him and also made advances to him but he considered her as his grandmother so he rejected. In turn she cursed him and he became a eunuch named 'Brhannala' which was helpful for him during the 'ajyatavasa'.

Dronacharya,

Kripacharya,

Aswathama,

Karna,

Salya,

Bhoorisravas.

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