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…
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 understanding, without…