Table of Contents
- 1 Why was Yama born as Vidura?
- 2 What does Krishna mean when he says“ one’s duty though defective is better than another’s duty well performed?
- 3 Who was Parashrami?
- 4 Do dharma Bhagavad Gita do?
- 5 What is the most important lesson in the Gita?
- 6 Why don’t the Mahabharata kings ever return to tell us what happened?
- 7 How many excavations have there been in the Mahabharata?
Why was Yama born as Vidura?
Mandavya wanted to know why this had happened to him and he went to Yamaloka. Yama told him that he had once hurt a fly and hence he had suffered. He therefore cursed Yama to be born on earth. Yama took birth as Vidura and that was why Vidura was so well-versed in dharma.
Who wrote Tamil Mahabharata?
| Mahabharata | |
|---|---|
| Author | Vyasa |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Verses | 200,000 |
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What does Krishna mean when he says“ one’s duty though defective is better than another’s duty well performed?
What does Vishnu mean when he states “One’s duty, though defective, is better than another’s duty well performed. Performing the duty prescribed by nature, one does not incur sin…” It is better to do what you are supposed to do, than doing someone else’s job better.
What does Krishna say about doing one’s dharma poorly?
Krishna has some advice for us: “It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma. But competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.”
Who was Parashrami?
| Vidura | |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Kuru dynasty |
| Weapon | Sword |
| Family | Parents see Niyoga Ved Vyas (Biological Father) Parishrami (Mother) Step-Brothers Dhritarashtra (from Ambika) Pandu (from Ambalika) |
| Spouse | Sulabha (Originally unnamed, but revealled in later retelling) |
Who is Parishrami in Mahabharata?
| Vidura | |
|---|---|
| Also Known As: | “Bharata” |
| Immediate Family: | Biological son of Veda VYĀSA aka Krishnadvaipāyana and Vinita / Parishrami (Ambalika’s Maid Servant) Adopted son of King VICHITRAVIRYA (Krishnadwapayana) Husband of ARUNI SOOTA VIDURA Father of Sanjaya Half brother of King DHRITARĀSHTRA; SHUKAdev Vyasa and King PĀNDU |
Do dharma Bhagavad Gita do?
According to Krishna, a central character in the Bhagavad Gita, “It is better to do one’s own dharma imperfectly than another’s perfectly”. Your dharma may be as a protector, a healer, a carer, a fixer, a facilitator or any one of an inexhaustive list of roles you may fulfil within the community.
What is the meaning of Dharm in Geeta?
The Gita refers to dharma, which is the right ordering that supports the cosmos. Dharma is equivalent to natural law and conscience. In the Gita, a Pandava brother Arjuna loses his will to fight and has a discussion with his charioteer Krishna , about duty, action, and renunciation.
What is the most important lesson in the Gita?
One of the Best Lessons From Bhagavad Gita: Identity, Recognize and Accept Equality in Life. Now, this quote is a difficult one to follow. But, definitely, life will guide any person towards achieving the knowledge. After facing many challenges in life, you tend to see all living and non-living beings as equal.
How old is the Mahabharata?
“The contemporary of Buddha was around 550 BCE which was the 23rd generation of the Kuru kings. If, on average, you give 50 years each to the kings, which reduces in the later generations with frequent wars, the dating of the Mahabharata is around 1750 BCE,” he said.
Why don’t the Mahabharata kings ever return to tell us what happened?
They wouldn’t want to keep such information. The same thing happened in the modern World War, which was actually just a war around the world. But the Mahabharata war was one massacre at one single place, and nobody went back. None of the kings or soldiers returned to tell what happened.
Who first recited the Mahabharat epic?
The epic employs the story within a story structure, otherwise known as frametales, popular in many Indian religious and non-religious works. It is first recited at Takshashila by the sage Vaiśampāyana, a disciple of Vyāsa, to the King Janamejaya who is the great-grandson of the Pāṇḍava prince Arjuna.
How many excavations have there been in the Mahabharata?
Since the first excavations at Indraprastha in early 1950s, there have been at least eight excavations at places mentioned in the Mahabharata, but the ASI now has not published any conclusive, direct or genetic evidence so far to establish historical facts.