Author: Swami Sivananda
Publisher: Divine Life Society
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 271
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8170520266
Description
This epic is held in great reverence and esteem by the millions of Hindus and is generally known as the fifth Veda, for it contains the Gita, acknowledgment of a belief in which as the Scripture is the hallmark of every true Hindu. For thousands of years and even today, the Hindu prefaces his worship, his ceremonies and his celebrations with the announcement that he is a dweller in the land of Bharatavarsha and Bharatakhanda.
The epic contains the life history of the Bharatas, for more than four generations beginning with Santanu onwards to Parikshit and Janamejaya and commonly known as Pandavas and Kauravas. It includes the biographies and episodes of various other important people connected with the Bharatas besides folk-tales, legends and moral stories innumerable.
Contents
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
INTRODUCTION
PART I
Wilderness of Life
The Cat and the Mouse
The Pious Cat
The three Fish
The Foolish Camel
The Jackal and the Ape
The Ocean and the Rivers
The Salmali Tree
PART II
King Sibi and the Pigeon
Jajali and Tuladhara
Sage Durvasa and the Pandavas
Yudhishthira and the Serpent
Proud Dambhodbhava
King Ambarisha and Cupidity
Gautami and the snake
Ungrateful Gautama and The Crane
Prarabdha and Purushartha
Saga Alarka and the Senses
A Brahmin and His Wise Son
The Power of Austerities
Niceties of Dharma
Guru Bhakti
Ashtavakra and Vandi
King Janaka and Ownership
Sage Janaka and Renunciation
PART III
Savitri and Satyavan
Nala and Damayanti
The Supreme Virtue or Women
PART IV
Teachings of Bhishma
Yudhishthira the Righteous
Yudhishthira and Yaksha
Arjuna the Mighty Bow-man
Karna the Munificent
Draupadi-The Symbol of Virtues
APPENDICES
Morals
Who Is Who is Mahabharata