Sanatan Dharma

When Draupadi was dragged to the assembly after the dice game, Vidura was one of only two voices protesting. He called Duryodhana a snake and argued her enslavement was invalid. His protests were ignored by paralyzed elders.

When Chanakya was publicly humiliated and dragged out by his hair from Nanda court, he swore not to tie his tuft until he destroyed the entire dynasty. He dedicated his life to this vow, eventually installing Chandragupta as emperor.

When Duryodhana was born, jackals howled and storms raged. Vidura counseled Dhritarashtra to abandon the child for the kingdoms sake, but paternal attachment prevented him from heeding the warning about impending disaster.

A discriminatory teacher believed seeing certain people would make him a donkey in the next life. Tenali saluted donkeys, explaining he was honoring the teachers ancestors who became donkeys after their sins. The satire ended the bigotry.

A beautiful woman dies; three suitors react differently - one collects bones, one sleeps on ashes, one learns resurrection. Betal asks who deserves to marry her. Vikram answers the one who slept on ashes showed true lovers devotion.

On a sleepless night, Dhritarashtra summoned Vidura who delivered extensive teachings on statecraft, ethics, and dharma. He warned against lust, anger, and greed, urging return of Pandavas kingdom. Though impressed, Dhritarashtra could not act.

After beheadings, a wife accidentally places heads on wrong bodies during resurrection. Betal asks who is her true husband. Vikram answers the body with her husbands head - since identity resides in the mind, not body.

After Krishnas failed peace mission, Duryodhana called Vidura son of a maid. This was the breaking point. Vidura dropped his bow, resigned as Prime Minister, and left - recognizing his obligation was to dharma itself, not to those who fed him.

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.