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Itihasas (Epics)

The great epic narratives — Ramayana and Mahabharata — and the heroes, sages and events that shape them.

Ramayana

Characters, episodes and figures of the Ramayana.

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Rama: Maryada Purushottama, the Ideal Man of the Ramayana

Seventh avatar of Vishnu, eldest son of Dasharatha, husband of Sita, brother of Lakshmana — Rama is the Ramayana's *Maryada Purushottama*: the man whose every action sets the boundary of dharma.

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Sita: Janaki, Daughter of the Earth

Found in the furrow of King Janaka's plough, married to Rama, abducted by Ravana, vindicated by fire, mother of twins, returned to the earth — Sita is the Ramayana's still centre and Indian culture's most elegant grief.

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Hanuman: Bajrangbali, the Devotee of Rama

Born of Vayu and Anjana, an aspect of Rudra, leaper across oceans, finder of Sita, burner of Lanka, immortal — Hanuman is bhakti embodied. Where the Ramayana is sung, he is present.

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Ravana: Lankesh, the Ten-Headed Scholar-King

Grandson of Pulastya, a brahmin scholar of the four Vedas and the sixty-four arts, conqueror of Indra, builder of the golden Lanka, Shiva-bhakta — Ravana is the Ramayana's most learned villain. The text never lets the reader forget that.

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Lakshmana: Saumitri, the Ideal Brother

Aspect of Sesha-naga, half of Vishnu's couch, husband of Urmila — Lakshmana stayed awake for fourteen years so Rama and Sita could rest. He killed Indrajit and built the parnashala and broke himself for his brother.

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Bharata: The Regent of Ayodhya

Son of the queen who exiled Rama, Bharata refused the throne, walked barefoot to Chitrakuta, returned with Rama's sandals, and ruled from a hut in Nandigrama for fourteen years. The Ramayana's most thorough refutation of the idea that mothers' sins are children's gifts.

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Vibhishana: The Righteous Brother of Ravana

Born a rakshasa, raised by a brahmin father, Vibhishana refused his brother's adharma, walked across to Rama's camp, was crowned king of Lanka, and became one of the seven chiranjivins — eternal models of *sharanagati*.

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Valmiki: Adi Kavi, the Composer of the Ramayana

Born Ratnakara, transformed by Narada, taught the Ramayana by Brahma, gave shelter to the exiled Sita, raised Lava and Kusha, and recited his epic to Rama himself — Valmiki is the Adi Kavi, first poet of Sanskrit.

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Indrajit (Meghanada): The Conqueror of Indra

Born to Ravana and Mandodari, master of the Brahmastra, Pashupatastra, and Vaishnavastra, the only warrior who defeated Indra and bound him in chains — Meghanada became Indrajit. His death by Lakshmana broke Lanka's spine.

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Sugriva: The Vanara King of Kishkindha

Driven from his kingdom by his elder brother Vali, sheltering on Rishyamukha with Hanuman, Sugriva struck the alliance with Rama that won the Ramayana war. After Vali's death, with Tara as queen, he ruled Kishkindha and sent his vanaras to the four directions.

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Mahabharata

Characters, episodes and figures of the Mahabharata.

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Bhagavad Geetha — Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar

A complete commentary on the Bhagavad Geetha by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar — approached through Science, Sense, Logic and Reasoning. All 18 chapters with translations and in-depth notes.

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 1: Arjuna Vishaada Yoga — Arjuna's Dilemma and Depression

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 2: Saankhya Yoga — The Yoga of Knowledge

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 3: Karma Yoga — The Field of Right Action and Duty

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 4: Jnana Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Science of Knowledge, Action and Detachment

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 5: Karma Sanyasa Yoga — Renunciation of the Fruits of Action

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 6: Aatmasamyama Yoga — Knowledge of Self and Individual Consciousness

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 7: Jnana Vignyana Yoga — Knowledge of Science and Wisdom

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 8: Akshara Brahma Yoga — The Non-Changing State of Supreme Being

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 9: Raja Vidya Raja Guhya Yoga — The Path of Royal Yoga

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 10: Vibhuthi Yoga — The Multiple Nature of the Supreme Being

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 11: Vishwaroopa Darshana Yoga — Visualisation of the Multi-Verse Cosmos

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 12: Bhakthi Yoga — The Path of Devotion

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 13: Kshetra Kshetragna Vibhagha Yoga — The Secrets of the Soul and the Body

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 14: Gunatraya Vibhagha Yoga — The Three Gunas

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 15: Purushothama Yoga — Yoga with the Supreme Being

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 16: Daiva Asura Sampath Vibaga Yoga — Divine and Non-Divine Phenomena

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 17: Shraddha Traya Vibaga Yoga — The Yoga of Faith

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Bhagavad Geetha Chapter 18: Moksha Sanyasa Yoga — Moksha — The Path of Liberation

*Part of the Bhagavad Geetha Complete Commentary by Guruji M. Mohan Sundar*

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Abhimanyu: Arjuna's Son and the Chakravyuha Hero

Born to Arjuna and Subhadra, husband of Uttara, father of Parikshit — Abhimanyu learned the entry to the Chakravyuha in his mother's womb but never the exit. On the thirteenth day of Kurukshetra, six maharathis surrounded one boy.

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