Chakra

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

Those filled with desires, seeking heaven through elaborate rituals, are merely purchasing temporary pleasures with the currency of endless rebirth.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

Two paths, one freedom—whether through the clear seeing of Sankhya or the skillful action of Yoga, the goal is liberation from karma's chains.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

The wise, armed with discerning wisdom, release the fruits that actions produce and break free from birth's revolving door—they arrive at a state untouched by sorrow, the final home of the liberated soul.

Mahabharata, Shanti Parva

Karna deceived his guru Parashurama and accidentally killed a Brahmana cow, receiving curses that would cause his death in battle against Arjuna.

Mahabharata, Folk tradition

Barbarik could end the war in one minute but his vow to support the weaker side would cause endless oscillation. Krishna asked for his head as sacrifice.

Arjuna & Abhimanyu

Unfinished teachings can have fatal consequences. The things we postpone have a way of becoming permanent. What seems minor in the moment can become devastating in hindsight.

Karna & Arjuna

We cannot invoke rules we refused to follow. War makes everyone into things they never wanted to be. Victory over those we have wronged brings no peace—only completion.