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The Mahabharata PDF

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Translated by Bibek Debroy THE MAHABHARATA Volume 8 (Sections 78 to 86) Contents Dedication Praise for Previous Volumes About the Translator Family tree Map of Bharatavarsha Introduction SECTION SEVENTY-EIGHT SOUPTIKA PARVA Ashvatthama sees an owl kill sleeping crows and decides that the Pandavas and Panchalas should be killed in the night, while they are asleep SECTION SEVENTY-NINE AISHIKA PARVA Ashvatthama and Arjuna invoke their brahmashira weapons, which threaten to destroy the worlds; Arjuna withdraws his and Ashvatthama’s is diverted towards the wombs of the Pandava women SECTION EIGHTY VISHOKA PARVA Vidura attempts to dispel Dhritarashtra’s sorrow SECTION EIGHTY-ONE STRI PARVA Pandavas meet Dhritarashtra and Gandhari; Dhritarashtra wants to crush Bhima to death, but is offered an iron image instead by Krishna; Vedavyasa dissuades Gandhari from cursing the Pandavas; Gandhari’s glance distorts Yudhishthira’s nails SECTION EIGHTY-TWO SHRADDHA PARVA The dead warriors are cremated and their funeral rites performed SECTION EIGHTY-THREE JALA-PRADANIKA PARVA The observation of water-rites and the offering of water to the dead warriors takes place; Kunti tells the Pandavas that Karna was their elder brother SECTION EIGHTY-FOUR RAJA DHARMA PARVA Yudhishthira sorrows over Karna and Narada recounts the story of Karna being cursed and his exploits; Yudhishthira wishes to leave for the forest, but is dissuaded and is asked to learn about dharma from Bhishma; Yudhishthira is crowned SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE APAD DHARMA PARVA Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira about the nature of dharma to be followed during a misfortune or a calamity SECTION EIGHTY-SIX MOKSHA DHARMA PARVA Bhisma talks about moksha, which means liberation, as opposed to the pursuit of dharma, artha and kama Footnotes Chapter 1284(1) Chapter 1285(2) Chapter 1286(3) Chapter 1287(4) Chapter 1288(5) Chapter 1289(6) Chapter 1290(7) Chapter 1291(8) Chapter 1292(9) Chapter 1293(10) Chapter 1294(11) Chapter 1295(12) Chapter 1296(13) Chapter 1297(14) Chapter 1298(15) Chapter 1299(16) Chapter 1300(17) Chapter 1301(18) Chapter 1302(1) Chapter 1303(2) Chapter 1304(3) Chapter 1305(4) Chapter 1306(5) Chapter 1307(6) Chapter 1308(7) Chapter 1309(8) Chapter 1310(9) Chapter 1311(10) Chapter 1312(11) Chapter 1313(12) Chapter 1314(13) Chapter 1315(14) Chapter 1316(15) Chapter 1317(16) Chapter 1318(17) Chapter 1319(18) Chapter 1320(19) Chapter 1321(20) Chapter 1322(21) Chapter 1323(22) Chapter 1324(23) Chapter 1325(24) Chapter 1326(25) Chapter 1327(26) Chapter 1328(27) Chapter 1329(1) Chapter 1330(2) Chapter 1331(3) Chapter 1332(4) Chapter 1333(5) Chapter 1334(6) Chapter 1335(7) Chapter 1336(8) Chapter 1337(9) Chapter 1338(10) Chapter 1339(11) Chapter 1340(12) Chapter 1341(13) Chapter 1342(14) Chapter 1343(15) Chapter 1344(16) Chapter 1345(17) Chapter 1346(18) Chapter 1347(19) Chapter 1348(20) Chapter 1349(21) Chapter 1350(22) Chapter 1351(23) Chapter 1352(24) Chapter 1353(25) Chapter 1354(26) Chapter 1355(27) Chapter 1356(28) Chapter 1357(29) Chapter 1358(30) Chapter 1359(31) Chapter 1360(32) Chapter 1362(34) Chapter 1363(35) Chapter 1364(36) Chapter 1365(37) Chapter 1366(38) Chapter 1367(39) Chapter 1368(40) Chapter 1369(41) Chapter 1370(42) Chapter 1371(43) Chapter 1372(44) Chapter 1373(45) Chapter 1374(46) Chapter 1375(47) Chapter 1376(48) Chapter 1377(49) Chapter 1378(50) Chapter 1379(51) Chapter 1380(52) Chapter 1381(53) Chapter 1382(54) Chapter 1383(55) Chapter 1384(56) Chapter 1385(57) Chapter 1386(58) Chapter 1387(59) Chapter 1388(60) Chapter 1389(61) Chapter 1390(62) Chapter 1391(63) Chapter 1392(64) Chapter 1393(65) Chapter 1394(66) Chapter 1395(67) Chapter 1396(68) Chapter 1397(69) Chapter 1398(70) Chapter 1399(71) Chapter 1400(72) Chapter 1401(73) Chapter 1402(74) Chapter 1403(75) Chapter 1404(76) Chapter 1405(77) Chapter 1406(78) Chapter 1407(79) Chapter 1408(80) Chapter 1409(81) Chapter 1410(82) Chapter 1411(83) Chapter 1412(84) Chapter 1413(85) Chapter 1414(86) Chapter 1415(87) Chapter 1416(88) Chapter 1417(89) Chapter 1418(90) Chapter 1419(91) Chapter 1420(92) Chapter 1421(93) Chapter 1422(94) Chapter 1424(96) Chapter 1425(97) Chapter 1426(98) Chapter 1427(99) Chapter 1428(100) Chapter 1429(101) Chapter 1430(102) Chapter 1431(103) Chapter 1432(104)

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It is the aftermath of the war in Volume 8. Ashvatthama kills all the remaining Pandavas with the exception of the five Pandava brothers and Panchalas. The funeral ceremonies for the dead warriors are performed. Bhishma s teachings in the Shanti Parva, after Yudhishthira is crowned, is about duties
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