Insights from Epics 1. The father of Bhishma is both great and foolish.

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Shantanu the father of Bhisma is a perplexing man who is simultaneously great in spirituality and foolish in his interpersonal relationships. SGRA takes a look at his complex choices and unpacks what lessons we can still lean from his story thousands of years later. Because human nature is unchangeable across the ages.

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49 thoughts on “Insights from Epics 1. The father of Bhishma is both great and foolish.”

  18. Incredible,
    I never knew the fact that Shantanu was not the first choice of Ganga but rather his father Pradeep
    Also that Satyavati didn't have conditions for Rishi Parashar
    Parashar got it so easily but Shantanu had to beg 😢

    Also thank you so much Shri Guru , please continue this series , it is a blessing for us to get such insights about our great epics from a great man like you
    Excited for videos on Bhishma , Gandhari , Yudhishtir , Draupadi

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  26. SRIGURUji please also talk about chakra healings, Yoga, Shaktis of all kinds(you've covered money as a shakti, Love, beauty as a shakti, now please explain further), also once you talked about king david from bible and what was intriguing about him (he lived all phases of life full-fledgedly by being all i.e a hero a villain a peasant etc)

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  30. Thank you for posting this video Sri Guru Rohit Arya sir. I have been listening to your videos since more than 2 years now. I must say I have listened to every single one of your previous YT channel videos and have hoped quite a lot whether you would restart posting spiritual info.
    I feel like a school kid who has just learnt that one of his favourite teachers who got transferred to another school and went away has now come back again. And I am raising my hands and starting to ask questions which have been in my mind for quite a long time.
    Before I ask my question let me say that I have been following your advice as per one of your videos you have said that when you go to a temple you shouldnt actually ask the deity for anything you should just go sit there in his presence for minimum 1 hour. So I do that once in a month. Since I like and admire and adore the god Shiva I go to the nearest Shiva temple near me which is Ernakulam Shiva Temple (Kerala) and I sit there for minimum 1 hour.

    Now my question is. Though I have no idea why ever since i listened to it from your videos, I kind of absolutely adore Arunachala mountain. I have not had the fortune of visiting it. But I keep listening to Ramana maharshi's Aksharamanamalai on youtube almost once every 2-3 days. I have listened multiple times to your few videos on Arunachala mountain in the previous YT channel. Since the title of this video is 'Insights from Epics' I am asking if you know more stories/epics about Arunachala mountain can you tell those stories too?

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  33. I have never ever thought from this angle… Now thinking on these lines after Shantanu till Dhritarashtra, Varna Sankara was ruling the Hastinapur, to restore the balance Kunti was given a boon to have sona from Devatas and from there on Indra – Arjuna – Abhimnayu – Parikshit .. and the balance was restored… KaamVasna of Shantanu led to such a disaster

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  37. Greetings from Norway Rohit! I feel joyful listening to your talks again, very nurishing to mind and soul. I am positively surprised by how you combine yogic lore with red pill insights. It is delightful to hear some deeper perspectives on this, as I find many red pill people quite shallow and self-centred.

    Looking forward to hear more from you! Love and respect to you!

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  38. This was great Sriguru! I am really happy you have restarted the videos! I am not sure you were aware that the nakshatra of today when you launched the video was Avittam nakshatram or Dhanishta nakshatra, whose nakshatra devata is Ashtavasus!! And you spoke on them! Amazing synchronicity!!! Really looking forward to how you really throw deep light into these devatas! Really grateful that you have started this series,! That too the first video is having lot of excellent redpill insights! Amazing! Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

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  41. 22:34 "if you are naively good you are helpless in the face of malevolence"
    27:14 "women make rules for betas and women break rules for alphas"…(hence betas should giveup the luxury/compulsion/impulses of acting by their minds and instead should act more on brains)

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  42. Very beautifully narrated story. However I feel this was done with a logical view based on modern day , instead of wrapping the story like its some sort of a divine play or a divine will or some sort of Karma being played out. For eg Duryodhana was born and Mahabharatha had to happen exactly like the way it has because of Duryodhana being one of the Dwarapalakas of Vishnu that was cursed to take birth as his enemy. I wonder if there were any such back stories of Shanthanu,. Nevertheless the narration style is still useful and serves as a lesson for us lesser mortals!

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  46. Pranam…aapka videos bhaut help krta he hmko sadhna me ..hm repeat krke dekte he kai video regular time period pe last 4 years se …har baar nya smjhne ko milta he …aapka bhaut aabhar guru ji …🙏

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