Sri Krishna and Arjuna once were guests of a widow. The widow had no children, nobody. She was all alone. But she had a cow. This cow was her only means of support. She used to sell milk, and by selling milk she used to maintain her life. In same time she was a great devotee of Sri Krishna. When Sri Krishna and Arjuna went to visit her in disguise, incognito, she was so happy to see these two divine guests. She fed them with whatever she had in her house. Sri Krishna was extremely pleased with h...
Oct 14, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 12
There are some devotees who want to show off. For hours they meditate, for hours they chant, for hours they repeat the name of Lord Krishna. They look down upon others who do not spend so much time meditating and chanting. Arjuna happened to be one of these. If you remember, one of Arjunas brothers, whose name was Bhima, was the in strongest in the family. Bhima never, never prayed to any god. He used to eat and he used to fight. He was a voracious eater and at the same time a great fighter. But...
Oct 09, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Once Sage Markandeya visited Yudhistira Maharaja and told the following story – “I am no crane”. Brahmana Kaushika was a strict brahmachari who was strong and steadfast in his austerities. He was well-versed in the study of vedic scriptures. Once he was sitting under a tree reciting vedas. A crane sitting on the tree perched and defiled his head with droppings. Kaushika became very angry and looked at the crane. Just by his angry look the bird was killed and fell down dead. Thereafter another ti...
Aug 24, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 10
“Once, after King Yudhishtra got back the Kingdom, after the great war, a man came to him, asking him for charity(alms). Yudhishtra Mahraj said that he was having some work to do and he told the man to come the next day and then, he would give what the man wanted. Bhima saw this incident and he cried loudly: “Attention to all the residents of the city! King Yudhishtra is sure that he is going to live up to tomorrow! He is quite sure about this!”. Yudhishtra Maharaj realized his folly, and he imm...
Aug 10, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Once Durvasa Muni visited the house of Duryodhana, the enemy cousin of Maharaja Yudishtra. Duryodhana was intelligent enough to satisfy the brahmana by all means, and the great rishi wanted to give some benediction to Duryodhana. Duryodhana knew his mystic powers, and he knew also that the mystic brahmana, if dissatisfied, could cause some havoc, and thus he designed to engage the brahmana to show his wrath upon his enemy cousins, the Pandavas. When the rishi wanted to award some benediction to ...
Aug 01, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 8
When Jayadratha was killed by the clever plan of Krishna, when that terrible incident happened, Duryodhana was pacing up and down in the night and he was thinking, “What is this? The clouds just came and then went! I am not a weather-man. This Krishna is just too much.” Gandhari, his mother was thinking, “I must protect my son. This is cheating. With Krishna on their side, Pandavas will get victory.” Gandhari thought, “I have my siddhi.” So she said, “My dear Duryodhana, come and see me in the n...
Jul 27, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Indra once offended his spiritual master Brhaspati. The demons were quite submissive to their spiritual master Sukracharaya and when there was battle between devas and demons, the demons were victorious, on account of their submission to their Guru Shukracarya. When the devas found that Shukracharya was using amrta sanjeevani mantra which was bringing the dead and injured demons back to life, Brhaspati summoned his son Kacha to go and learn the mantra from Shukracarya. Kacha wholeheartedly accep...
Jul 24, 2021•8 min•Season 1Ep. 6
After the end of the Mahabharata war, the Pandavs heard the sound of laughter. When they went near the source of sound, they could see Barbarika’s head. Barbarika was none other than grandson of Bhima and Hidimba. When he was a child he was taught by his grandmother Hidimba that one would be liberated even if he is killed by Krishna. This lesson was engraved in his mind deeply and to fulfill this mission he perfomed austerities for many years and obtained powerful weapons from various demi-gods....
Jul 18, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In Mahabharata Bhishmacharya addresses the Lord as ‘Damodara sahah’ which means Lord Damodara one who is very tolerant. In Mahabharata, the Lord is called by many names such as Krishna and Vasudeva repeatedly, but the word Damodara is used only in 2 or 3 instances. One such instance is related to the birth of Sishupala. When Sishupala was born he had three eyes and 4 hands. And as soon as he was born, he screamed and brayed like an ass. His parents were scared and they wanted to abandon him. How...
Jul 13, 2021•7 min•Season 1Ep. 3
When Dronacarya was teaching archery to his students, he once asked them to shoot a bird on the tree by aiming its eye. He called them one by one and showing the bird, he asked them what they saw. Everyone except Arjuna, said that they saw the tree, the branches, the bird etc and so everyone missed the target. Lord Krishna Himself declares in Bhagavad Gita verse 2.41: vyavasaayaatmikaa buddhir / ekeha kuru-nandana bahu-shaakhaa hy anantaash ca / buddhayo ‘vyavasaayinaam “Those who are on this pa...
Jul 13, 2021•6 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Narada, again an avataar of Lord Vishnu, suggested some rules to be followed by pandavas and Draupadi for living together. One of the rules was that: Draupadi should spend one year with each of the pandavas and while she was with one of them, no other Pandavas should visit the palace where they might be. In case of any breach of their rule, one-year pilgrimage was prescribed by way of penance leaving the kingdom. The pandavas and Draupadi were living happily until one day: a brahmana came runnin...
Jul 11, 2021•4 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Dronacharya was the archery teacher for the Kauravas and Pandavas. In those days, Dronacharya was matchless in archery. Dronacharya had a son named Ashwatthwama. He was named Ashwatthwama because as soon as he was born he started neighing like a horse, and “Ashwa” means horse. Dronacharya was extremely fond of his son. Ashwatthwama learned archery from his father and became a great hero. Ashwatthwama’s mother was the sister of another great archer, Kripacharya. Kripacharya also helped Ashwatthwa...
Jul 11, 2021•3 min•Season 1Ep. 1
