The Krishna Key Quotes
"Whatever it is, you must share it equally with your brothers." - Kunti
"I am your nephew, Krishna. I am your brother Vasudeva’s son, and your sons are my cousins."
"Why should we stop sir? This is the correct route to Chandigarh." - Taarak
"The Mahabharata provides detailed descriptions of the intense battle between Arjuna and Karana."
"Each day we shall practice Sastravidya for an hour. In a few years, you shall be as strong as a bull."
"Our Indian scriptures—particularly the Ramayana and Mahabharata—contain descriptions of the ways in which combat was conducted in ancient India."
"The word "Om" is not enclosed within a circle... It is to be found everywhere."
"The Mahabharata describes the Sarasvati as a river that was no longer mighty."
"The doubts were created by foreign historians."
"The swastika—a sacred symbol in the Vedas—has been found at innumerable places in Indus Valley sites."
"The only way to ensure that there is peace is by dividing the kingdom in half." - Krishna
"The easiest way of doing this was by rearing cattle, hence the emergence of Gopala."
"This is the correct way to check the carotid pulse. You never know when you will need to do it yourself!" - Priya
"The Rig Veda in particular calls the Sarasvati the largest river of the region." - Saini
"In effect, the atoms of one element can be changed into atoms of other element."
"This idol was in the middle of the temple without anything to support it from below, or to suspend it from above."
"The Hindus used to go on pilgrimage to it whenever there was an eclipse of the moon."
"Everything of the most precious was brought there as offerings."
"The idea was to ensure that the feet of worshippers at the mosque would tread all over the lingam’s fragments as they entered the mosque."
"Truth is one, God is one, although sages may call him by a variety of names."
"It is possible that these words had a common root in Ilah—a goddess worshipped in Vedic times."
"The ancient spiritual masters definitely had the ability to lift their bodies into thin air at will."
"He was overwhelmed with the scene and seemed terrified."
"Little did he know that his victory had not gone unnoticed within the leadership of the Jaish-e-Mohammed."
"Of what use will be a kingdom or wealth when it is to be obtained by spilling my own family’s blood?" - Arjuna
"I would rather be killed by my cousins than wage war against them. I do not want to fight!" - Arjuna
"The truly wise do not grieve either for the living or the dead." - Krishna
"As clothes are changed, similarly the soul adopts and discards bodies." - Krishna
"The soul cannot be pierced by your arrows nor can it be burnt by fire." - Krishna
"It is permanent and universal. Knowing that the soul cannot be destroyed—it is never born and never dies—how can you possibly kill?" - Krishna
"Mount Kailash is often called the Axis Mundi—the centre of the universe." - Sir Khan
"The mountain only reaches 6,714 metres. The beauty and majesty of Kailash, however, do not lie in its height but in its unique shape." - Sir Khan
"I have been personally investing my own resources into finding the secrets of Krishna." - Sir Khan
"To become a true yogi, a person must cast off all his desires." - Krishna
"He should treat pleasure and pain as equals. He should be free of attachment—as also from anger, fear, desire, jealousy or craving." - Krishna
"If the purpose of one’s life is to attain this state of bliss, then why make me fight this war?" - Arjuna
"The policies followed by Akbar in treating Hindus on par with Muslim subjects came to an abrupt end with Aurangzeb."
"Promise me that you will guard this with your life, my son."
"The sands of time obliterate historical truths."
"The original brief was to decimate the four people who stood in our way."
"The battle over Krishna’s Syamantaka continues even today."
"Thank you for cooperating. While I would have loved to stay and chat, it’s critical that I find the Syamantaka."
"Search my temple of seven floors, and you will find me too."
"You seek the stone that turns lead to gold, but search instead for the faithful stone that can truly transform your mind."
"This endless cycle of an eye-for-an-eye cannot be allowed to continue."
"I have found that corrupt men are the easiest people to do business with."
"It has been a pleasure getting to know you both, but now it’s time for us to bid adieu."
"Welcome to the newest prison facility of Agra."
"Welcome to the Hotel California. You can check out any time you like but you can never leave."
"Matter is actually an illusion and that atoms are composed of nothingness."
"All matter that makes up the universe is actually energy."
"The universe is continuously expanding outwards."
"What we call the universe is simply the present universe."
"Vish simply represents expansion of energy into matter and Shiv represents contraction of matter back to energy."
"Even though she was duty-bound to love all five husbands equally, she had preferred Arjuna."
"His good looks had made him uncaring towards the feelings of others."
"He had been a glutton all his life and had eaten without feeding others."
"The universe never came into existence at any given point of time. It always existed."