by Madhu | velj. 1, 2016 | Stories from Mahabharata
Dronacharya was the archery teacher for the Kauravas and Pandavas. In those days, Dronacharya was matchless in archery. Dronacharya had a son named Ashwatthwama. He was named Ashwatthwama because as soon as he was born he started neighing like a horse, and...
by Madhu | sij. 28, 2016 | Stories from Mahabharata
Narada, again an avataar of Lord Vishnu, suggested some rules to be followed by pandavas and Draupadi for living together. One of the rules was that: Draupadi should spend one year with each of the pandavas and while she was with one of them, no other Pandavas should...
by Madhu | sij. 27, 2016 | Stories from Mahabharata
In Mahabharata Bhishmacharya addresses the Lord as ‘Damodara sahah’ which means Lord Damodara one who is very tolerant. In Mahabharata, the Lord is called by many names such as Krishna and Vasudeva repeatedly, but the word Damodara is used only in 2 or 3...
by Madhu | sij. 26, 2016 | Stories from Mahabharata
When Dronacarya was teaching archery to his students, he once asked them to shoot a bird on the tree by aiming its eye. He called them one by one and showing the bird, he asked them what they saw. Everyone except Arjuna, said that they saw the tree, the branches, the...
by Madhu | sij. 26, 2016 | Stories from Mahabharata
After the end of the Mahabharata war, the Pandavs heard the sound of laughter. When they went near the source of sound, they could see Barbarika’s head. Barbarika was none other than grandson of Bhima and Hidimba. When he was a child he was taught by his...
by Madhu | sij. 25, 2016 | Stories from Mahabharata
Indra once offended his spiritual master Brhaspati. The demons were quite submissive to their spiritual master Sukracharaya and when there was battle between devas and demons, the demons were victorious, on account of their submission to their Guru Shukracarya. When...
by Madhu | tra. 25, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
When Jayadratha was killed by the clever plan of Krishna, when that terrible incident happened, Duryodhana was pacing up and down in the night and he was thinking, “What is this? The clouds just came and then went! I am not a weather-man. This Krishna is just...
by Madhu | ožu. 23, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
Once Durvasa Muni visited the house of Duryodhana, the enemy cousin of Maharaja Yudishtra. Duryodhana was intelligent enough to satisfy the brahmana by all means, and the great rishi wanted to give some benediction to Duryodhana. Duryodhana knew his mystic...
by Madhu | velj. 23, 2015 | Stories about moral and spiritual instructions, Stories from Mahabharata
“Once, after King Yudhishtra got back the Kingdom, after the great war, a man came to him, asking him for charity(alms). Yudhishtra Mahraj said that he was having some work to do and he told the man to come the next day and then, he would give what the man...
by Madhu | velj. 16, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
Once Sage Markandeya visited Yudhistira Maharaja and told the following story – “I am no crane”. Brahmana Kaushika was a strict brahmachari who was strong and steadfast in his austerities. He was well-versed in the study of vedic scriptures. Once he was sitting under...
by Madhu | velj. 12, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
There are some devotees who want to show off. For hours they meditate, for hours they chant, for hours they repeat the name of Lord Krishna. They look down upon others who do not spend so much time meditating and chanting. Arjuna happened to be one of these. If you...
by Madhu | velj. 12, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
Sri Krishna and Arjuna once were guests of a widow. The widow had no children, nobody. She was all alone. But she had a cow. This cow was her only means of support. She used to sell milk, and by selling milk she used to maintain her life. In same time she was a great...
by Madhu | velj. 11, 2015 | Nekategorizirano, Stories from Mahabharata
When Sri Krishna was having his siesta, both Duryodhana and Arjuna came to his place. Duryodhana came a few minutes earlier and, as he was full of pride, he stood beside Sri Krishna’s head. Arjuna, as he was full of humility and modesty, stood beside Sri...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
The Pandavas during the time of their exile once walked into the forest of Romarishi . Romarishi was a Sage whose body was covered with hair and his beard was so long that it spread like a carpet into the entire area of the forest . There was a sacred tree in that...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
Here is an incident from the Mahabharata, illustrating the above It was definite that the Mahabharata war would take place once all the peace trials failed. The kings from various lands had joined the Pandavas side or Duryodhanas side according to their inclination....
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
( The Lord always cares for us more than we do for ourselves ) When the Kurukshetra battle was over, Lord Krsna bade farewell to the Pandavas and went to Dwaraka. While on his way he met his old brahmana friend Utanga. Krsna stopped and descended from his chariot and...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
Once a king performed a continuous fire sacrifice to Lord Shiva for one month with huge amounts of ghee. Lord Agni who accepted all the offerings of ghee in the fire sacrifice became saturated with ghee and became pale (lost all his luster). He wanted to burn...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
On the ninth day of Mahabharata war, Duryodhana approached Bhishma in his camp. He was suspicious of the grandsire’s dedication to the fight. Duryodana felt that Bhishma was not doing his best , as he was carried away by his affection to the Pandavas. Duryodhana felt...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
When Yudhistar Maharaj was ruling this planet, Bhima used to help in solving problems of people, hence people who ever has any questions/problems would come to Bhima and ask him for help. One day, one citizen came and asked Bhima that he noticed a strange thing that...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
Krishna will only accept an offering that is made with love and affection. One incident that shows this took place in Hastinapura. It is well known that Arjuna and his four brothers were Krishna’s very dear friends and devotees. Duryodhana, who also lived in...
by Madhu | velj. 10, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
The king Shibi, a descendant of king Bharata of lunar dynasty, was famous for his truthfulness, justice, and keeping his word. The king of righteousness, Dharmaraj, himself decided to test the strength of character of Shibi Rana. Once when the king was alone on the...
by Madhu | sij. 24, 2015 | Stories from Mahabharata
On the ninth day of Mahabharata war, Duryodhana approached Bhishma in his camp. He was suspicious of the grandsire’s dedication to the fight. Duryodana felt that Bhishma was not doing his best , as he was carried away by his affection to the Pandavas. Duryodhana felt...
