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A poor man survives a night in freezing lake but is denied reward because a distant lamp supposedly warmed him. Birbal cooks khichdi with pot hung far above tiny fire. When Akbar laughs at the impossibility, Birbal proves his point.

Years after the war, Yudhishthira found Vidura performing extreme tapasya. Without a word, Viduras life-force left his body and merged into Yudhishthira. Vyasa revealed Vidura was Dharma incarnate, completing his mortal mission.

When the Vindhya mountains grew so high they blocked sunlight, Agastya commanded them to bow before him. He asked them to remain prostrated until his return - and since he never returned from the south, they remain lowered today.

Tyrannical King Vena declared himself superior to Vishnu. Sages killed him with mantras, then kneaded his corpse - producing Nishada from his thigh and divine King Prithu from his right hand, the first Adiraja who civilized the earth.

Yudhishthira refused entry to heaven without his faithful dog companion. The dog revealed itself as Dharma, praising him for passing the ultimate test of loyalty.

This philosophical retelling introduces Maya Sita - a shadow who was abducted while the real Sita was hidden. Ravana never actually captured the true Sita. The entire epic is framed through Advaita Vedanta, presenting Rama as Brahman in human form.

When Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva tested Anasuyas virtue by demanding she serve them nude, she sprinkled water transforming them into infants, then nursed them. Pleased, they were born as her children: Dattatreya, Durvasa, and Chandra.

Queen Madalasa was a self-realized yogini who taught Vedantic wisdom through lullabies. Her first three sons became renunciants; when the king requested otherwise, her fourth son Alarka became a righteous warrior-king, showing both spiritual and worldly paths.

Svetaketu returns arrogant after Vedic study. His father Uddalaka teaches through analogies - the invisible essence in a banyan seed, salt dissolved in water. The teaching culminates in Tat Tvam Asi (That Thou Art) repeated nine times.

King Kaushika tried to seize Vasishthas divine cow by force but was defeated. Realizing spiritual power exceeds military might, he renounced kingship. After centuries of penance and overcoming Menakas temptation, he attained Brahmarishi status.

Aged vulture king Jatayu fought Ravana to protect Sita despite impossible odds. Mortally wounded, he lived to inform Rama and attained moksha.

When Kalakeya demons hid in the ocean, Sage Agastya consumed all the waters in a single stretch, revealing the demons for destruction. This demonstrated the immense spiritual power earned through austerities.

After Vishnu and Shiva embrace, Shiva expounds 11 chapters on Advaita Vedanta, the nature of Atman and Brahman, linga worship, and eight-fold yoga - a Shaiva adaptation of the Bhagavad Gitas format.

Dhanvantari, who emerged from the churning with the nectar of immortality, teaches Ayurveda to Sushruta - covering the three doshas, seven bodily tissues, pathology, diagnosis, and the four components of healing.

Untouchable Dasia Bauri, forbidden from temple entry, sent a coconut with pilgrims. It miraculously vanished, traveling directly to Lord Jagannath. To this day, after bhog is offered, the first portion is sent to his memorial.

Three demon brothers receive invincible cities of gold, silver, and steel from Brahma. When they become proud and reject Shiva worship, Shiva destroys all three cities with a single Pashupata arrow when they align at a rare cosmic moment.

Lord Shivas grand procession to marry Parvati features a vast army of divine attendants, with Gana leaders commanding forces numbering in crores. The procession includes Candi riding a ghost, Vishnu on Garuda, Indra on Airavata, Brahma, Gandharvas, and celestial maidens. All realms participate in this cosmic celebration of the sacred union.

Murdered by her stepmother and crushed in a rice pounder, Tejimola transforms successively into creeper, banana, citrus, then lotus. When her fathers boat passes, the lotus sings, revealing its identity. Justice follows.

Kannagi proves her husband Kovalans innocence after wrongful execution by breaking her anklet revealing rubies not pearls. She tears off her breast, curses Madurai to burn, and is later deified as goddess Pattini.

The demon Hiranyaksha dragged Earth (Bhudevi) to the depths of the cosmic ocean. Lord Vishnu incarnated as Varaha (the cosmic boar), composed of Vedic sacrificial elements, dove into the primordial waters, battled Hiranyaksha for a thousand years, slew the demon, and lifted Earth on his tusks to restore cosmic order.