Vedic Wisdom Talks

Act under the direction of Supreme Lord & be victorious! After Bhima killed Dushasana, ten Dhārtarāshtrās mustered up all their courage & rushed impetuously at Bhima, determined to take revenge, but Vāyu’s son quickly cut off their heads with 10 broad-headed arrows. Upon seeing this, a great fear entered Karna’s heart   Seeing him so afraid of Bhima, Salya encouraged Karna by saying: O Hero, Duryodhana is in a state of shock because of his brother’s death & our warriors are trying to console him. Since Arjun now approaches, you must fight courageously. It is upon you alone that the Kauravas depend   Karna’s heroic son Vrsasena daringly rushed at Bhima, but Nakula intercepted him. Fighting bravely, he broke Nakula’s shield, his sword & pierced him in chest. Nakula jumped on Bhima’s chariot, but Vrsasena attacked them both. Seeing this Arjun became determined to kill him. Laughing menacingly, Arjun declared: O Karna, watch now as I kill your favourite s...

  Lessons from Dushasana’s terrible end & Bhima’s horrifying vow!   Karna went to Duryodhana & requested: O King! You should have Krpā, Krtvarmā, Asvattāma and other great warriors attack Arjun first. After he becomes exhausted from fighting, it will be easy for me to kill him   In the fierce battle that followed, Arjun quickly killed Asvattāma’s horses & broke Duryodhana’s bow, killed Krtvarmā’s horses and drove back Krpā with thousands of arrows. Arjun then avoided these warriors & went to where Bhima was furiously combating a large section of Kaurav army. Arjun soon put the Kauravas to flight & then informed Bhima that Maharāj Yudhisthira was alive & well   After Arjun left, ten Dhārtarāshtrās suddenly rushed at Bhima, but they were quickly deprived of their heads. He then went alone on foot. While ranging over the battlefield, mace in hand, he crushed to death 1000’s of enemy soldiers   Dushasana rushed at Bhima, but t...

  God’s power to help is much greater than our power to hurt!   As battle raged between Kauravas & Pāndavās, Uttamāuja suddenly cut off the head of Karna’s son Susena. Bhima became very eager to kill the Dhārtarāshtrās & so he ordered his driver to take him into their midst. As Bhima proceeded to penetrate Kaurava ranks, he slaughtered great many soldiers   Turning to his charioteer Bhima said: O Visoka, take inventory of my weapons. Arjun has still not returned & so I’m afraid that Yudhisthira has perished. If this is the case, the only means I can see for obtaining solace from my unbearable grief would be to exterminate the entire Kaurava army   Visoka said: O Bhima, you still have 60 000 ordinary arrows as well as 20 000 razor headed & 20 000 broad headed arrows. Besides these, there are several thousand maces, swords, darts & other such weapons. Just then Visoka spotted Arjun coming their way & he pointed out this to Bhima, who...

Ringing in the New Year 2025! A year past leaves so many memories & realizations to reflect and learn. We are sometimes so much engrossed in executing our material duties & desires that we forget the whole purpose of this human form of life–our spiritual identification & duties   As long as we are in this material world, happiness & distress will come and go. So, we should not be disturbed by them. Our real business is trying for self-realization. That must go on; it must not stop. Self-realization is the goal of human life. Suffering & so-called happiness will go on as long as we have a material body, but we must come to the knowledge that “I am not the body; I am a spirit soul. I have gotten this body because of my past activities. That is knowledge!   As we wade through our lives, we do not realize   nūnaṁ   pramattaḥ   kurute   vikarma yad   indriya -prītaya  āpṛṇoti na   sādhu   manye   yata ...

Year end 2024 Reflections:  The Supreme Lord knows everything & when we serve Him, we are elevated and fearless! Arjun was very anxious wondering how Karna would be killed, so that a cold sweat covered his entire body Understanding his fear, Sri Krsna said: My dear Arjun, you have already proven by your heroic deeds that you’re to be counted amongst the very best of warriors. What to speak of this world of men, even the celestials would find it difficult to vanquish you on the battlefield. Of course, you should never disregard Karna, not even for a moment, for he is at least your equal, and perhaps even your superior in battle   There are now only five formidable warriors remaining on the Kaurava side: Karna, Salya, Asvattāma, Krpā & Krtvarmā. I admit that you may have good cause to be lenient with four of them, but there is absolutely no reason for you to show any mercy to Karna. It is upon Karna alone that Duryodhana has depended on all these years, and thu...

EGO is just a three-letter word which can destroy a big twelve letter word called RELATIONSHIP As Arjun left after touching the feet of his elder brother, Maharāj Yudhisthira got up from his bed. While following Arjun, he very despondently condemned himself, saying: My dear brother, I’m such a cruel wretch & coward. I don’t deserve the association of such noble persons as you, nor am I qualified to act as the emperor of the world. Therefore, instead of continuing my false show of being a pious ruler, I will retire to the forest. After defeating the Kauravas, Bhima can be installed upon the royal throne to rule the earth   Saying this Yudhisthira began departing to the forest. Sri Krsna then came & bowed down at his feet while pacifying him with sweet words. He said: O King! Arjun spoke to you so harshly only because I had instructed him to do so. That was his way of preserving his vow to kill anyone who would even suggest that he give away his Gāndiva bow   M...