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THE MAHABHARATA A Modern Rendering (Volume 1) Ramesh Menon iUniverse, Inc. New York Lincoln Shanghai THE MAHABHARATA A Modern Rendering Copyright © 2006 by Ramesh Menon All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. iUniverse books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting: iUniverse 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100 Lincoln, NE 68512 www.iuniverse.com 1-800- Authors (1-800-288-4677) ‘Memories of a Hero-Stone’ by S. Nandagopal, 2005 Welded Copper & Cast Brass 107 x 64 x 31 cm Collection: Jasdeep Sandhu. Gajah Gallery, Singapore. ISBN-13: 978-0-595-40187-1 (pbk) ISBN-13: 978-0-595-84564-4 (ebk) ISBN-10: 0-595-40187-2 (pbk) ISBN-10: 0-595-84564-9 (ebk) Printed in the United States of America Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Preface THE BIRTH OF A POET BOOK ONE ADI PARVA1 ONE ON THE BANKS OF THE GANGA TWO A TALE OF TWO CURSES THREE THE RIVER’S SON FOUR A SCENT OF HEAVEN FIVE A SOLEMN VOW SIX TWO PRINCES SEVEN THREE PRINCESSES OF KASI EIGHT BHEESHMA AND AMBA NINE AMBA TEN THE SOLEMN OATH ELEVEN SATYAVATI’S OTHER SON TWELVE THE BLIND NIGHT AND THE PALE ONE THIRTEEN IN THE DARK FOURTEEN THE THREE PRINCES OF HASTINAPURA FIFTEEN KUNTIBHOJA’S DAUGHTER SIXTEEN THE BLAZING DEVA SEVENTEEN A CURSE IN THE FOREST EIGHTEEN PANDU’S YEARNING NINETEEN KUNTI’S UNWORLDLY LOVERS TWENTY THE SONS OF PANDU TWENTY-ONE THE SINISTER NIGHT TWENTY-TWO SWEET, DEADLY SPRING TWENTY-THREE THE PANDAVAS COME HOME TWENTY-FOUR THE SEEDS OF ENVY TWENTY-FIVE AT PRAMANAKOTI TWENTY-SIX UNDER THE RIVER TWENTY-SEVEN A MASTER FOR THE KURU PRINCES TWENTY-EIGHT DRONA’S STORY TWENTY-NINE THE BRILLIANT PUPIL THIRTY AT THE RIVER THIRTY-ONE EKALAVYA THIRTY-TWO A YOUNG MAN’S DREAMS THIRTY-THREE KARNA FINDS A MASTER THIRTY-FOUR THE EXHIBITION THIRTY-FIVE THE GOLDEN WARRIOR THIRTY-SIX DRONA’S REVENGE THIRTY-SEVEN A FATHER AND HIS SON THIRTY-EIGHT TO VARANASI THIRTY-NINE THE PALACE OF LAC FORTY FIRE FORTY-ONE THE TRAGIC NEWS FORTY-TWO FLIGHT THROUGH THE JUNGLE FORTY-THREE A CHANGE OF HEART FORTY-FOUR GHATOTKACHA FORTY-FIVE A SLEEPY TOWN FORTY-SIX A STRANGE STORY FORTY-SEVEN ENCOUNTER IN THE NIGHT FORTY-EIGHT THE SPINNING FISH FORTY-NINE ‘SHARE THE ALMS YOU’VE BROUGHT’ FIFTY THE UNUSUAL WEDDING FIFTY-ONE ANXIETY IN HASTINAPURA FIFTY-TWO THE COUNCIL AT HASTINAPURA FIFTY-THREE VIDURA IN KAMPILYA FIFTY-FOUR A DESOLATE GIFT FIFTY-FIVE MIRACLE IN THE WILDERNESS FIFTY-SIX NARADA VISITS INDRAPRASTHA FIFTY-SEVEN ULUPI AND CHITRANGADAA FIFTY-EIGHT THE CROCODILES FIFTY-NINE THE RAIVATAKA HILL SIXTY THE HOLY YATI SIXTY-ONE THE YATI AND THE PRINCESS SIXTY-TWO CURE FOR AN ILLNESS SIXTY-THREE BALARAMA’S ANGER SIXTY-FOUR DRAUPADI’S ANGER SIXTY-FIVE THE YADAVAS COME TO INDRAPRASTHA SIXTY-SIX THE HUNGRY BRAHMANA SIXTY-SEVEN THE BURNING OF THE KHANDAVA VANA BOOK TWO SABHA PARVA ONE MAYAA TWO MAYAA’S SABHA THREE NARADA, THE MESSENGER FOUR YUDHISHTIRA’S QUANDARY FIVE KRISHNA ARRIVES IN INDRAPRASTHA SIX JARASANDHA SEVEN GIRIVRAJA EIGHT THE BLADE OF GRASS NINE THE FOUR QUARTERS TEN THE RAJASUYA YAGNA ELEVEN A COUSIN’S ANGER TWELVE DARK OMENS THIRTEEN THE GREEN MONSTER FOURTEEN SHAKUNI’S PLAN FIFTEEN AN ANXIOUS MESSENGER SIXTEEN THE GAME OF DICE SEVENTEEN SHAME EIGHTEEN ‘AM I A FREE WOMAN?’ NINETEEN THE MIRACLE AND THE OATHS TWENTY DHRITARASHTRA’S FICKLENESS TWENTY-ONE THE SECOND GAME OF DICE BOOK THREE VANA PARVA ONE THE SUN’S GIFT TWO THE KING’S BROTHER THREE THE RISHIS’ WARNING FOUR KRISHNA SWEARS AN OATH FIVE DWAITAVANA SIX THE TRIALS OF YUDHISHTIRA SEVEN VYASA’S ADVICE EIGHT ARJUNA’S QUEST NINE THE VETALA TEN THE LORDS OF LIGHT ELEVEN AMRAVATI TWELVE THE WEAPONS OF INDRA THIRTEEN THE APSARA URVASHI FOURTEEN THE CURSE FIFTEEN THE MUNI BRIHADASWA SIXTEEN TIRTHA YATRA1 SEVENTEEN TO BADARIKASRAMA EIGHTEEN AN OLD MONKEY NINETEEN WHERE THE SAUGANDHIKA GROWS TWENTY ARJUNA RETURNS TWENTY-ONE ARJUNA’S STORY TWENTY-TWO THE WONDROUS CITY TWENTY-THREE HIRANYAPURI TWENTY-FOUR BHEEMA’S ADVENTURE TWENTY-FIVE THE RIDDLES OF NAHUSHA TWENTY-SIX MARKANDEYA’S LORE1 TWENTY-SEVEN THE FOUR YUGAS TWENTY-EIGHT THE FOOLISH BRAHMANA TWENTY-NINE DURYODHANA’S GHOSHA-YATRA THIRTY THE SHAMING OF DURYODHANA THIRTY-ONE DESPAIR THIRTY-TWO THE POWERS OF DARKNESS THIRTY-THREE THE RISHI DURVASA THIRTY-FOUR JAYADRATHA THIRTY-FIVE THE LAKE OF DEATH THIRTY-SIX YAKSHA PRASNA: THE YAKSHA’S RIDDLES BOOK FOUR VIRATA PARVA ONE THE THIRTEENTH YEAR TWO KANKA, THE GAMBLER THREE AJNATAVASA FOUR THE COOK AND THE WRESTLER FIVE KARNA’S DREAM SIX THE BRAHMANA AT NOON SEVEN THE QUEEN’S SAIRANDHRI EIGHT THE BESOTTED KEECHAKA NINE BALLAVA’S NIGHT VISITOR TEN THE LONG DAY ELEVEN THE ANGRY GANDHARVAS TWELVE DURYODHANA’S SPIES THIRTEEN VIRATA’S BATTLE FOURTEEN THE PRINCE AND THE EUNUCH FIFTEEN UTTARA KUMARA SIXTEEN UNEARTHLY WEAPONS SEVENTEEN DISSENSION EIGHTEEN THE KURU ARMY NINETEEN ARJUNA TWENTY A GAMBLER’S BLOOD TWENTY-ONE THE PANDAVAS TWENTY-TWO A WEDDING IN UPAPLAVYA APPENDIX Glossary About the Author In memory of my grandparents.
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