MAHĀBHĀRATA
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
This blind king asked Sañjaya what his sons and the sons of Pāṇḍu were doing at Kurukṣetra.
Who is Dhṛtarāṣṭra?
The letter D represents this challenge seen in Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Duryodhana.
What is Desire and Attachment?
The two armies assembled on this battlefield, where Kṛṣṇa spoke the Bhagavad-gītā to Arjuna.
What is Kurukṣetra?
This Sanskrit term means the Supreme Controller.
What is Īśvara?
This can prevent us from seeing the truth, even when it is obvious.
What is strong attachment?
These five brothers are the Pandavas.
Who are Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakula, and Sahadeva?
The letter O focuses on these warning signs on the battlefield, including the conchshell sounds.
What are Ominous Signs / Ominous Results?
This divine person served as Arjuna’s charioteer and was present on his side.
Who is Lord Kṛṣṇa?
This Sanskrit term refers to the living entity, the conscious self.
What is Jīva?
How should we understand Gita?
The Gītā should be understood according to Lord Krsna's instruction who speaks it, rather than changing the message to fit our ideas.
After 13 years of exile, the Pāṇḍavas reduced their request to just this many villages.
What are five villages?
The letter U describes Arjuna’s feelings when he sees teachers, elders, relatives, and friends on both sides.
What is Uncertainty?
This devotee and mighty hero appeared on Arjuna’s flag.
Who is Hanumān?
This Sanskrit term means material nature, including the body and material world.
What is Prakṛti?
This is the process of receiving spiritual knowledge.
What is authentic disciplic succession or parampara?
He went to Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s court as a peace messenger, but his proposal was rejected.
Who is Kṛṣṇa?
The letter B describes what happens when stress overwhelms Arjuna’s body and mind.
What is Bewilderment?
There are some of the physical & emotional symptoms that Arjuna experienced.
Trembling limbs, burning skin, and a dry mouth etc
This Sanskrit term refers to time, which brings change to material things.
What is Kāla?
What are the three types of miseries?
Adhyātmika (from our own body and mind), Adhidaivika (from natural disturbances), and Adhibhautika (from other living beings and society).
Duryodana and Arjuna chose these from Lord Krsna before the battle.
Narayani army and Krsna as a guide and charioteer
The letter T describes Arjuna’s decision to put down his bow and not fight.
What is the Turning Point?
Arjuna worried that fighting would cause this kind of harm in society
What are family destruction, irreligion & unwanted progeny?
This Sanskrit term means action or activity and consequences.
What is Karma?
The five eternal relationships with Kṛṣṇa
What are Śānta, Dāsya, Sakhya, Vātsalya, and Mādhurya?