{"product_id":"the-mahabharata-of-vyasa-all-18-parvas-retold-bhagavad-gita-in-brief-30-key-shlokas-what-vyasa-really-says","title":"The Mahabharata of Vyasa — All 18 Parvas Retold, Bhagavad Gita in Brief, 29 Key Shlokas + What Vyasa Really Says","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚔️ \u003cstrong\u003eThe whole Mahabharata, from Vyasa’s own Sanskrit, told simply and faithfully.\u003c\/strong\u003e All eighteen parvas, from Bhishma’s vow to the Pandavas’ ascent to heaven, with the Bhagavad Gita in brief, in one beautifully designed book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of us know the Mahabharata from television, storytellers and retellings. This book goes back to the source: the \u003cstrong\u003eCritical Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e, the scholarly text prepared over nearly fifty years at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, from more than a thousand manuscripts. It retells the epic in Vyasa’s order of events, gives the famous shlokas in Sanskrit with their meaning, and shows which well-loved details come from Vyasa and which were added later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English. Every Sanskrit verse is given in Devanagari, in easy Roman transliteration and with an English meaning. This is not a Hindi book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's inside (76 pages)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vyasa and the frame of the epic, the eighteen parvas, the people of the Mahabharata and the family of the Kurus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdi Parva:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bhishma’s vow, the births of the Pandavas and Kauravas, Drona and Ekalavya, the house of lac, Draupadi’s svayamvara and Indraprastha\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSabha Parva:\u003c\/strong\u003e the rajasuya, the game of dice and Draupadi in the assembly hall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAranyaka and Virata Parvas:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arjuna and Shiva, Bhima and Hanuman, Nala, Savitri, Karna’s armour, the Yaksha’s questions and the year in disguise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUdyoga Parva:\u003c\/strong\u003e Krishna’s choice, Vidura Niti, Krishna’s peace mission, and Karna’s choice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBhishma Parva:\u003c\/strong\u003e the Bhagavad Gita in brief, with six of its great verses, and the ten days of Bhishma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe war:\u003c\/strong\u003e Abhimanyu, Jayadratha, the fall of Drona, Karna’s chariot wheel, the eighteenth day and the night raid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAfter the war:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gandhari’s lament and curse, Bhishma’s teachings, the Vishnu Sahasranama and the horse sacrifice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe last journey:\u003c\/strong\u003e the end of the Yadavas, Krishna’s departure, Yudhishthira and the dog, and heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e29 key shlokas\u003c\/strong\u003e, each with its parva, chapter and verse number, from “What is here is found elsewhere; what is not here is found nowhere” to “Where there is dharma, there is victory”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCompanion pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe eighteen days of the war, and the Gita chapter by chapter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe hard questions of dharma\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewhat Vyasa says and what he doesn’t\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eplaces of the Mahabharata and the many Mahabharatas of India and Southeast Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereading the Mahabharata at home, common doubts, the story at a glance and a glossary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy this edition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery verse is quoted directly from the Critical Edition, and every event is checked against it, then checked again independently.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Vyasa says” notes cover details often told differently today. In the Critical Edition, Ganesha does not write down the epic, Draupadi never says “the son of a blind man is blind”, and at Draupadi’s svayamvara there is no fish.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHonest about the epic’s hardest questions: Draupadi’s question, Karna’s loyalty, Yudhishthira’s half-truth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn evergreen edition, with no dates that go out of date.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this the complete Mahabharata?\u003c\/strong\u003e It retells the complete story of all eighteen parvas, with 29 key verses in Sanskrit. It is not a verse-by-verse translation of the epic’s nearly 74,000 verses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoes it include the Bhagavad Gita?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. It includes a summary of the Gita’s teaching, six of its best-known verses and a chapter-by-chapter guide. It is not the full Gita.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich version is it based on?\u003c\/strong\u003e The Critical Edition of Vyasa’s Sanskrit Mahabharata. Where popular versions differ, the book says so.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I get it?\u003c\/strong\u003e A download link appears as soon as you pay and is also emailed to you. If you can't find it, check your spam folder or write to ourdigiverse@gmail.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I read it on my phone?\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes. It's an A5 PDF that reads well on any phone or tablet and prints neatly at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e PDF eBook, instant download. 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