DEATH and KARMA: Conversation between Mrityu and Gautami with Kala, the Fowler and the serpent This conversation appears in Dana-dharma Parva of Ansuhasana Parva. Yudhishthira said: “O grandsire! Tranquillity of mind has been said to be subtle and of diverse forms. I have heard all your discourses, but still tranquillity…
DESTINY and TIME: Conversation between Janaka and Ashma This conversation was narrated by Vyasa to Yudhishthira, when the latter had decided to take his own life after experiencing distress – the distress that he was the cause of death for almost the entire Kshatriya Clan. Janaka the ruler of the…
[spacer height=”20px”] This is narrated by Arjuna to Yudhishthira in his attempt to convert the latter from taking up asceticism after winning back the kingdom through a great war (Shanti Parva) The glory of Domesticity over Asceticism: Conversation between Indra and ascetics A number of well-born Brahmana youth of little…