Pandavas

The pleasures that arise from sense-objects are bound to end, and thus they are only sources of pain. Don’t get attached to them. And: When a man reaches a state where honor and dishonor are alike to him, then he is considered supreme. Strive to gain such a state. Uttara was too distracted by her own

“until the day I bathe it in Kaurava blood.”

To see a loved one in pain is more wrenching than to bear that pain yourself.

though I knew all that she taught me was important, in my vanity I only learned the ones that flattered my ego.

Sahadev wondered if Duryodhan hadn’t used

skirmishes

He didn’t know how much I cared about all the wrong things.

Before this, I had never addressed a crowd, though I recalled Dhri’s tutor discussing, earnestly and at length, the importance of powerful words. He’d said they were the sharpest and subtlest of weapons. It was crucial for rulers to use them correctly, swaying their audience with the appropriate intonation, tugging at their hearts as a master