Mahabharata

​Was the Pandavas’ killing Bhishma and Drona according to dharma?

Did Krishna feel confused about which pure devotee to support – Arjuna or Bhishma?

Mahabharata 3 – Karna – Deciding based on intent, content or effect

Mahabharata 2 – Draupadi – Dishonored yet honorable

​Mahabharata 1 – Bhishma – Misunderstood by the world, understood by Krishna

Does Draupadi not know that Krishna protected her from disrobing?

​Tragic Hero – Life Lessons from Karna – Princeton University

​When Krishna had vowed not to lift weapons during the Kurukshetra war, why did he lift up a wheel?

Why did Krishna first tell the Pandavas to fight and then to renounce the world because of their sins?

Was Yudhishtira’s gambling Draupadi after he had lost himself dharmic or adharmic?

When God fails – Krishna as shanti-duta

​Why did Drona ask for Ekalavya’s thumb?

​Why did Draupadi not protest when she was told to marry five husbands instead of one?

Why did Krishna’s protecting Draupadi’s honor not change the Kauravas’s evil intention?

​Why did the Pandavas tolerate poisoning and arson, but not Draupadi’s dishonoring?

​Why did Duryodhana put the clause of incognito stay in the Pandavas’ exile?

​Why was Duryodhana so envious of the Pandavas?

Did Draupadi dishonor Duryodhana, thereby causing him to dishonor her?

Was Draupadi the cause of the Kurukshetra war?

Were the Pandavas not legitimate heirs to the Kuru kingdom?

​Was the Kurukshetra war fought over a property dispute?

Why did Krishna break his vow by attacking Bhishma?

​Why did Drona fight against the Pandavas?

Why did Bhishma fight against the Pandavas?

​After Bhishma, why was Drona, not Karna, made the Kauravas’ commander?

​Wasn’t Krishna’s covering the sun to deceive Jayadratha wrong?

​Why did Arjuna target Jayadratha when Abhimanyu was killed by Durjaya?

​Why did Bhima kill Duryodhana unfairly?

​How could Bhima drink Dusshasana’s blood?

​Why did the Pandavas conspire to kill Drona?

​Why did Arjuna kill Bhishma from behind Shikhandi?

​Why did Bhishma not stop the disrobing of Draupadi?

Despite being virtuous, why did Yudhishthira gamble?

​Was destiny against Karna?

​When Karna was virtuous, why did he suggest that Draupadi be disrobed?

​Did Kunti do the right thing by abandoning Karna?

​Why did Krishna say that Karna is equal, or even superior, to Arjuna in archery?

​Did Kunti emotionally weaken Karna by revealing that the Pandavas were his brothers?

​Why did Draupadi dishonor Karna by rejecting him as a suitor?

​Was Karna not discriminated against by being labeled a charioteer’s son?

​Was Karna unfairly disadvantaged by the curses of Parashurama and the brahmana?

​Was Karna a glorious example of faithful friendship to Duryodhana?

​Was Karna a virtuous hero?

​Did Indra unfairly weaken Karna by taking away his armor?

​Was Karna the second best archer after Arjuna?

Did Karna conquer the world, but Arjuna couldn’t?

Was Karna a better archer than Arjuna?

​Why did Arjuna kill Karna unfairly?

If Dharmaraja could expand as Vidura and Yudhisthira, why did Aryama need to officiate in his place?

When Arjuna repeatedly defeated Karna, why are they considered equals?

​Why were the kshatriya codes violated during the Kurukshetra war?

​Was Karna destined to be defeated?

When Pandu knew about his curse, why did he take his wives with him to the forest?

Why did Shalya fight on Duryodhana’s side just because of getting good reception?

​Did Krishna’s lifting a wheel to attack Bhishma not break his vow?

​Didn’t Krishna protecting Arjuna from the Vaishnava astra break his vow?

​Why did the Kauravas and the Pandavas have to involve the whole world in their mutual fight?

​Why didn’t the Pandavas forgive the Kauravas – why did they have to fight?

Why did Mahadeva give the empowering sword to Ashwatthama?

Why didn’t Krishna stop Dhristadyumna from killing Drona?

​Did Yudhishthira sin by not lying as per Krishna’s instruction?

Why did Karna fight on the Kauravas’ side?

Was Ashwatthama gambled – how authentic is the TV Mahabharata?

​Disproportionate punishment can be atrocious – Ashwattama pastime analysis 2

Beware of the temptation to punish 1- Ashwattama pastime analysis

When Vibhishana went over to the side of virtue, why didn’t Vidura do the same?

How was Bhishma’s abducting Amba, Ambika and Ambalika moral?

When Karna was already killed by destiny, why did Krishna invite Karna to the Pandavas side?

If Karna chose wrongly because of attachment, didn’t Bhishma do the same?

How can we explain Krishna’s conspiracies in the Mahabharata?

Did Draupadi love Karna?

Why did Arjuna kill Bhishma unfairly?

Was Arjuna a better archer than Karna because he got better training facilities?

Draupadi – dishonored yet honorable

Why did Krishna not inform Karna initially that he was Kunti’s son?

Why did Barbarika’s mother tell him to fight on the weaker side instead of on the Pandavas’ side?

Was the solar eclipse a predicted event or created by the Lord to help Arjuna?

When staying silent amidst injustice is wrong, why did Yudhishthira passively accept the Kauravas’ atrocities?

How did Duryodhana win Balaram over to his side?

God proposes, Man Disposes – Understanding Krishna’s failed peace mission

Why did Yudhisthira while gambling Draupadi describe her physical beauty publicly?

Why did Arjuna to avenge Abhimanyu kill the weaker Jayadratha and not a stronger opponent like Karna?

How was Kunti ever truthful when she lied to conceal Bhima’s identity?

Why was there ajnata vasa in Mahabharata, but not in Ramayana?

Why did the Pandavas blindly follow Kunti’s uninformed words to share Draupadi?

Karna’s tragic choice

Why did Dhirtarashtra ask for eyes to see the universal form but refuse the eyes to see the Kurukshetra war?

Was Drona a pure devotee? Was he a spiritual teacher?

How could Bhima drink Dushashana’s blood?

Did Bhima kill Duryodhana or just wound him?

Why did Bhishma in his previous life as Vasu steal Vashistha’s cow?

Value Education 14 – Mahabharata 8 – Draupadi – Ask not why this but how now

Value Education 13 – Mahabharata 7 – Yudhisthira 1 – Gambling

Value Education 12 – Mahabharata 6 – Karna 3 – Respond to adversity with integrity

Value Education 11 – Mahabharata 5 – Karna 2 – Life of honor is more important than

Value Education and Spirituality 10 – Mahabharata 4 – Karna 1 – Choose friends that bring out our best, not our worst

Did the Pandavas go to heaven or the spiritual world?

If Arjuna was superior to Karna, why does Bhagavatam say he was a small fish in an ocean of giant fishes?

Value Education and Spirituality 9 – Mahabharata 3 – Vidura – Be a forgiving not a forgetful friend

Why do we need to justify the Pandavas’ actions? Isn’t “Krishna told them to do it” enough reason?