Sanatan Dharma

Arjuna boasts he could have built Rama's bridge with arrows. A small monkey collapses every bridge Arjuna builds, then reveals himself as Hanuman. The lesson: Rama's bridge held through devotion, not engineering. Skill without devotion has no strength. Hanuman promises to ride Arjuna's flag in the coming war—adding divine support to the instrument.

Three queens claim sensitivity: one hurt by flower petals, one burned by moonlight, one faints hearing weeping. Betal asks who is most sensitive. Vikram answers the third - true sensitivity means being affected by others suffering.

Vijaya was the daughter of King Dyutimata of Madra and Sahadevas maternal cousin, who chose him in a Swayamvara. According to legend, she was a Gandharva princess in her previous life who took birth on earth to be with Sahadeva. She bore him a son Suhotra and lived harmoniously with Draupadi.

At sixteen, Ramana Maharshi faced death-fear and discovered the deathless Self through direct inquiry. He spent fifty-four years at Arunachala mountain, teaching one method: ask 'Who am I?' and trace the I-thought to its source. His radical simplicity showed that enlightenment requires only recognizing what already is.

The story of Bali Chakravarti's righteousness - how a demon king ruled more justly than gods, and why his 'defeat' by Vamana was actually his elevation to eternal grace.

The divine origin of Balarama as the incarnation of Shesha, his miraculous birth through womb-transfer, and his nature as the powerful elder brother who complements Krishna.

The tragic story of how Parashurama obeyed his father's terrible command to kill his mother Renuka, then used his boons to restore her, revealing his capacity for impossible duties.