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Even while he was along inside the Chakravyuha on the 13th day of the Mahabharata war, 16-year-old Abhimanyu could handle the opposition. But hell broke loose when six warriors decided attack him simultaneously.

When a follower of Zen monk Mokusen Hiki complained about the stinginess of his wife, he went to meet her. He showed her a clenched fist and then opened his hand flat. “If my hand remains in either position permanently, what will you call it?” deformed, she replied. When she realised what the monk meant, she helped her husband save as well as spend.

A Zen nun had a golden status of the Buddha. Not wantingher incense to spread to the other status, she devised a funnel for the smoke to just descend on her statue. This blackened the nose of the golden idol making it appear extremely uglt.

In the 12th century, King Vishnu Vardhana of Hoysala (in Karnataka) waged a long series of wars to break away from the lordship of Chalukya Emperor Vikramaditya VI. This gave him to peace and little time with his wife Shantala. Not only did Vishnu Vardhana fail to realize his dream, but his wife threw herself over the cliff. Sculptor Dasoja immortalized Shantala,s beauty in the Vijaya Narayana Temple, no renowned as the chenna Keshava Temple, at Belaru.

In the 17th century, Laluk Barphukan, prime Minister to the Ahom King lora raja, had unleashed a trail of terror and thought he could get away with it. While Prince Gadapani and his sons escaped, his wife Joymati was caught.

She was not given the respect accorded to royalty or to a lady, tied to a tree and tortured for many days due to which she died. Her death inspired the people. Lord Raja was killed, Laluk ran away and Gadapani was crowned. A wooden post in the jaisagar Lake in sibsagar town marks the spot where this brave lady sacrificed her life.

How much a dove can weigh, thought King Sibi when he made a promise to a give his own flesh equal in weight in order to protect the dove. Smiling. He cut a generous piece of flesh from his thigh and put it on the scale.

Panic set in when he scales didn’t move even after he had put his legs and arms on the balance. The scales equaled only when he had himself put on the scale. The dove and hawk were Agni and Indra who had come to test the king’s generosity.

The Bhagwad Gita recommends balance in work, sleep and consumption of food.