Update: Do check Hari’s comments to this post. They correct the misinterpretations of quite a few things mentioned in this post.
Having finished reading Sri Shankaracharya’s Bhagavad Gita Bhasya, I am motivated to learn the Bhagavad Gita by heart. I intend to read the other commentaries, especially by Sri Madhvacharya, and also intend to learn the [...]
Posts Tagged mahabharata
A couple of months ago, I had posted an entry titled Dharmayuddha@Kurukshetra.in where I wrote about the rules of engagement in the Mahabharata war. In the penultimate paragraph, I mentioned the following:
One might want to question the validity of terming Kurukshetra war as the “Dharmayuddha“, since both the parties resorted to deviate from the accepted [...]
“Gotee, what’s wrong with you man?”, a friend asked.
“Why, what happened?”, I asked back, wondering which of my idiosyncrasies was she referring to.
“You’re reading the Bhagavad Gita it seems! You’re going to temple daily. Knowing you, and the rate at which you change, I think after five years in the US, you’ll come back a [...]
The war at Kurkshetra in the Mahabharata has been termed as Dharmayuddha, which means the battle fought in order to uphold the principles of Dharma. Before the combat, both the sides agreed to the terms and conditions regarding the rules of engagement. However, by the end of the battle, people from both sides showed disregard [...]
Earlier this week, I had been to my grandma’s place to celebrate Diwali. There, my young nephew was roaming in the hall repeating the names of everyone present. Suddenly he said something which made me smile. He pointed to a photograph in the showcase and called out a name aloud. “Doni mamama”, he said. The [...]
