Mahabharata Episode 39: Karna’s Gift

Yudhistira and YakshaThe four Pandava brothers, Bheem, Arjun, Nakul and Sahadev die while trying to fetch water from a lake. When Yudhistir finds the lake, he meets a mysterious crane who claims to have killed his brothers. The crane challenges Yudhistir to answer his questions. ...  Show more

Pandavas in Virat KingdomThe Pandavas complete their twelve years in exile. Now, as per the agreement, they have to go into hiding for the thirteenth year. It is quite a challenge since the entire Bharata knows the five gallant brothers and their beautiful wife Draupadi. So they ...  Show more

On the classic Hindu text (ca. the 3rd century B.C.E.), part of the Indian Epic poem Mahabharata, attributed to Vyasa, using Keya Maitra's 2018 translation/commentary. What is it to live wisely? What grounds duty? Listen as the supreme God Krishna convinces archer hero Arjuna tha ...  Show more

This verse talks about What Arjuna wanted from Krishna and how Krishna saw his request. 

In Today's episode, we continue discussing Chapter 17, The Power of Faith. Krishna continues explaining how one within each guna lives, whether sattvic, rajasic, or tamasic. This time we discuss gift giving and giving or providing in general. If you have any thoughts on the spoke ...  Show more

Felaróf pays Eorl back by surrendering his freedom, while Matt pays Alan back with poetic body shaming. Join The Man of the West and The Nerd of the Rings as we meet the first King of the Mark, and flashback to his naming of Felaróf, in our first of two episodes on Appendix A II ...  Show more