Mahabharata 137 | Dana as Dharma and The Golden mongoose | মহাভারত | Swami Samarpanananda

The story of the golden mongoose.
This is from Aswamedhik Parva
Mahabharata is a work of synthesis in which different religions, philosophies, habits, thoughts, codes, and everything that one can think of has been woven into a symphony. What Ramayana did for Hindu religious feelings, Mahabharata did the same for the ethical and moral aspects of the Hindu personality.
The fundamental teaching of Mahabharata is that human weaknesses will be there, but one has to outgrow them or else perish. Here, the discussion on dharma (righteousness, duty, morality) is in its entirety. Every now and then the work returns to this issue.
These talks were delivered at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur Math.

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