Author: Anant Pai
Publisher: India Book House
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 1344
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8175083557
Description
Amar Chitra Katha – Mahabharata -3 Volumes in a Slip-in Case
Volume I
The Kuru Princes of Hastinapura
Veda Vyasa’s epic on the Bharata race was first recited in public by his disciple Vaishampayana at the behest of the ageless seer Vyasa himself.
The recital took place in the august presence of King Janamejaya, a great-grandson of Vyasa, and the many learned sages who had assembled for Janamejaya’s Sarpa Satra (a twelve-year-long Yajna). This deluxe hard-bound volume describes the lineage of the Kuru princes. When Pandu, the father of the Pandavas, dies in the forest, his wife Kunti returns to Hastinapura with the five boys.
The great Dronacharya trains the Kuru princes in the art of war. The feats of strength performed by Bheema, and Arjuna’s skill at wielding the bow awake jealousy in the minds of Duryodhana and the other Kuru princes.
Duryodhana plots the exile of the Pandavas to the city of Varanavata. Acting on the coded warning given by Vidura, the Pandavas manage to escape from the burning house of shellac.
They live in the guise of mendicants at Ekachakrapura. Later they proceed to Panchala to attend the Swayamvara of Draupadi. Arjuna, the skilful archer, wins Draupadi’s hand. In order to obey their mother’s words. All the five brothers are married with due ceremony to Draupadi. The Pandavas are recalled to Hastinapura and are given half the kingdom.
Volume 2
The Pandavas in Exile
Veda Vyasa’s epic on the Bharata race was first recited in public by his disciple Vaishampayana at the behest of the ageless seer Vyasa himself.
The recital took place in the august presence of king Janamejaya, a great-grandson of Vyasa, and the many learned sages assembled for Janamejaya’s Sarpa Satra (a 12-year-long Yajna).
Our earlier volume described the training of the Pandavas and Kauravas, the Pandavas escape from the burning house of shellac, their marriage to Draupadi and their subsequent return to Hastinapura.
In this volume are described the slaying of Jarasandha by Bheema, the subjugation of the other kings by the Pandavas and the Rajasooya Yajna performed by Yudhisthira. Later, in the game of dice, the Pandavas lose their kingdom and live in exile.
At the end of the period of exile, when the Pandavas come back to claim their kingdom, Duryodhana refuses to part with even five villages.
Volume 3
On the Battlefield of Kurukshetra
Veda Vyasa’s epic on the Bharata race was first recited in public by his disciple Vaishampayana at the Sarpa Satra (a 12-year-long Yajna) conducted by King Janamejaya, a great grandson of Vyasa.
In our earlier volumes of the Mahabharata were described the growing animosity between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, the growing animosity between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, the costly game of dice which led to the banishment of the Pandavas for thirteen years, the events during the exile and the proposal of peace from Dhritarashtra conveyed by Sanjaya to the Pandavas.
In this volume are described the attempts of Krishna to bring about a peaceful settlement between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. They fail and a bitter war is fought for eighteen days. The Pandavas emerge victorious in the end.
Contents
Volume I
1.Veda Vyasa
2.Bheeshma’s Vow
3.The Advent of the Kuru princes
4.The Pandavas at Hastinapura
5.Enter Drona
6.Enter Karna
7.The Conspiracy
8.The Escape
9.The Birth of Ghatotkacha
10.The Pandavas at Ekachakrapura
11.Enter Draupadi
12.Draupadi’s Swayamvara
13.The Pandavas Recalled to Hastinapura
14.Arjuna’s 12-year Exile
Volume II
15.A Hall for Yudhisthira
16.The Pandavas Conquer the World
17.Yushisthira’s Rajasooya Yajna
18.Indraprastha Lost
19.The Pandavas in the Forest
20.Arjuna’s Quest for Weapons
21.Arjuna in Indraloka
22.The Reunion
23.Duryodhana Humbled
24.The Twelfth Year
25.The Pandavas at Virata’s Palace
26.Panic in the Kaurava Camp
27.Sanjaya’s Mission
28.Duryodhana refuses to Yield
Volume 3
29.Krishna’s Peace Mission
30.The War Begins
31.Bheeshma in Command
32.The Fall of Bheeshma
33.Drona’s Vow
34.The Slaying of Abhimanyu
35.Arjuna Fulfils his Vow
36.The Battle at ,midnight
37.Karna in Command
38.The Kurus Routed
39.After the War
40.Yudhisthira’s Coronation
41.The Ashwamedha Yajna
42.The Celestial Reunion