“पश्यैतां पाण्डुपुत्राणामाचार्य महतीं चमूम्।             व्यूढां द्रुपदपुत्रेण तव शिष्येण धीमता ॥”               — Bhagavad Gita 1.3 At...

The verses 1.4-6 from Bhagawad Geeta speak of a few warriors that had participated in Kurukshetra war from the side of Pandavas. It is...

The Bhagavad Gita  opens with a word that sets the tone for the entire scripture: धर्मक्षेत्रे कुरुक्षेत्रे समवेता युयुत्सवः...   (1.1)...

Different individuals have a variety of opinions. The same person changes his opinion with time and change in circumstances

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I have a copy of Max Muller’s Upniashads and in its introductory essay, I found something, which, for me was a surprising discovery. Max...

We have seen that Garud and Aruna were born to Rishi Kashyap through Vinata. We also saw that whole Serpent species originated from him...

Vyasa needed a scribe who could write Mahabharat down while he narrates it. Brahma recommended Ganesha, the god of knowledge himself! But...

Vyasa was anxious that he had no scribe to write his new poem down. He describes what all subjects to Brahma and asked "Who can write it?"

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Anything that has happened, cannot be changed. History is documentation of past events, so it also be unchangeable! But is it so?