HUMA 1860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Earthly Powers, Dharma, Vedas
4 Aug 2015
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Epics can be considered a narrative treatises on dharma, clarifying and developing. In the ramayana, the separation between ram and sita can be read as a metaphor for the separation between the atman and the brahman. With about 100, 000 verses, mahabharata is likely the longest poem in the world. Heated conversation/dialogue between krishna (an incarnation of vishnu) and. Most cherished section is the bhagavad gita (or just gita for short) Krishna reveals himself as a deity to arjuna. He claims titles and divine qualities that had become associated with vishnu. Vishnu himself was increasingly described in terms that the vedas usually. Krishna is the only deity represented as a child. Krishna tells rada to meet him late in the words at night. Rada agrees she does the faithful and correct thing. Rada waits but krishna does not show up for a long time. He finally shows up at dawn reserved for the supreme being .
