Mahabharata, Volume 2
Bibek Debroy
Language: English
Pages: 510
ISBN: 0143100149
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The complete; unabridged Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known; there is much more to the epic than the dispute between Kouravas and Pandava that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. It has innumerable sub-plots that accommodate fascinating meanderings and digressions; and it has rarely been translated in full; given its formidable length of 80;000 shlokas or couplets. The magnificent 10-volume unabridged translation of the epic is based on the Critical Edition compiled at the Bhandakar Research Institue.
Volume 2 consists of the last part of the Adi Parva; the complete Sabha Parva and the early part of the Vana Parva. The story covers Arjuna's stay in the forest; his marriage to Subhadra; the burning of the Khandava forest; the Pandavas building the assembly hall and conquering the world; Yudhishthira’s crowning as emperor; Duryodhana's envy at the Pandavas’ prosperity; the two games with the dice; Droupadi's disrobing; Arjuna's encounter with Shiva; and ends with the Nala and Damayanti story.
Every conceivable human emotion figures in the Mahabharata; the reason why the epic continues to hold sway over our imagination. In this lucid; nuanced and confident translation; Bibek Debroy makes the Mahabharata marvellously accessible to contemporary readers.
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Mind. The two powerful ones killed those who sacrificed and brahmanas who officiated at sacrifices, wherever they were seen. In hermitages of rishis who had controlled their souls, their soldiers grasped the sacrificial fires and flung them irreverently away. Because of the boon granted to them, the curses of the great-souled and angry ascetics had no effect. When the brahmanas saw that their curses had no effect, like when arrows strike stone, they gave up their vows and fled in all directions.
Like a dog’s skin touched by milk, the brahman in a shudra, truth in a robber and strength in a woman. O descendant of the Bharata lineage! These are the words that have been uttered in the world since ancient times. Even women and children say it, as if it was part of studying. ‘“Therefore, mount the chariot that is stocked with all the implements. Let the best of brahmanas pronounce benedictions over you, so that your supreme objective is successful. Set out instantly, and today itself, for.
Because my mind is satisfied and my heart is calm. O one with the beautiful waist! In the course of the conversation, use Parnada’s words. O unblemished one! Pay attention to his reply.’” ‘Brihadashva said, “Then that female messenger carefully went to Bahuka, while the fortunate Damayanti looked on from the palace. Keshini said, ‘O Indra among men! Welcome. I wish you all welfare. Damayanti has asked a question. O bull among men! Listen to it attentively. When did you leave? Why have you come.
Vidura has already been mentioned by name, this means Vidura, who was the son of a vaishya woman. 8 Bhishma. 9 Vidura. 10 Alternatively, bridge. 11 Dhritarashtra’s name. 12 Dhritarashtra. 13 Yudhishthira’s. 14 Addressing Yudhishthira. 15 Ascetics who live in the forest. 16 Unlike proper ascetics. 17 Duhshasana. 18 Shakuni. 19 Duhshasana. 20 Bhima. 21 Yudhishthira. 22 Duryodhana. 23 A lion is the king of deer. 24 Yama’s name. 25 Bhishma. 26 One of Dhritarashtra’s sons. 27.
Adults. Both were in Bengali. In English, there was Chakravarti Rajagopalachari’s abridged translation, still a perennial favourite. Later, Chakravarthi Narasimhan’s selective unabridged translation gave a flavour of what the Mahabharata actually contained. In Bengal, the Kashiram Das version of the Mahabharata, written in the seventeenth century, was quite popular. I never found this appealing. But in the late 1970s, I stumbled upon a treasure. Kolkata’s famous College Street was a storehouse of.