The religion based on the Vedas, the Sanatana Dharma or Vaidika Dharma is the oldest of living religions.

It stands unrivaled in the depth and splendor of its philosophy while it yields to none in the purity of its ethical teachings and in the flexibility and varied adaptation of its rites and ceremonies.

It is like a river that has shallows that a child may play in and depths that the strongest diver can not fathom.

It is thus adapted to every human need and there is nothing that any religion can supply to add to its rounded perfection.

The more it is studied, the more it illuminates the intellect and satisfies the heart.

The youth who learns something of it is laying up for himself a sure increase of happiness, a sure consolation in trouble, for the rest of his life.

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What is the purpose of spiritual practices?

According to Narada-bhakti-sutra.31-32, bliss is natural and ever-present within oneself. Spiritual practices only remove obstructions in the enjoyment of this bliss. As an infant, a prince is lost in the forest. He was raised as a forester. He is discovered a few years later and taken back to the palace. Princehood was not conferred on him as a result of this. He was always a prince. It just removed the obstruction that prevented him from enjoying his status as a prince. This is the role that spiritual practices also play.

The five Kaurava commanders of Mahabharata

The Kauravas fought the battle of Kurukshetra under five different commanders. They were - Bhishma, Drona, Karna, Shalya, and Ashwatthama.