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    Crux Of Mahabharata For Busy People
    Crux Of Mahabharata For Busy People
    Crux Of Mahabharata For Busy People
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    Crux Of Mahabharata For Busy People

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    Mahabharata with 100,000 verses, and many prose passages, adding up to a phenomenal total of 1.8 million words is the biggest known Epic. Originally, based on a real story that took place 5000 years ago, was later put to words by Vyasa. The size of this Epic is so huge that it may need an entire lifetime to read and understand it.
    In this short book, Dr. King and Swami Satyapriya capture the essence of this great Indian Epic, providing lot of insights to how this Epic was actually meant to convey Dharma or righteousness by its author. In a very succinct way, the authors throw light on most of the major events in this story with an emphasis on its practical value. They also discuss the intricacies of right vs wrong.
    A great book for people short of time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr.King
    Release dateOct 31, 2019
    ISBN9780463168028
    Crux Of Mahabharata For Busy People
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    Dr.King

    Dr.King is an avid writer in the nonfictional category. In the past 3 decades he has written several books in the areas of philosophy, Yoga, religious practices, sculpture, gardening, and so on. His books often blend scientific outlook with traditional faiths and practices. His books especially in the area of ancient philosophy succinctly showcase volumes of ancient literature in a condensed form, providing very authentic, insightful and unbiased portrayal. These books are generally characterized as thought provoking, giving an incisive look at the otherwise difficult to understand topics. One can expect to find reliable information, devoid of glorification and hype that is typical in this category.

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      Crux Of Mahabharata For Busy People - Dr.King

      Crux of

      Mahabharata

      For busy people

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      By

      Dr. King

      Swami Satyapriya

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      Table of contents

      Prologue

      1. Vyasa – A dark boy born on an island!

      2. Humiliation is impossible to forget!

      3. Seeking enemy’s permission before killing him!

      4. Bhishma – the man the terrible!

      5. What do you do if God wants to kill you?!

      6. Bhishma’s Achilles heel!

      7. Shikandi – a transgender hell bent on revenge!

      8. Amba finally takes her revenge!

      9. Winning by ‘hook or crook’!

      10. Drona – The Ancient Indian test-tube baby!

      11. All is fair in love and war!

      12. Drona killed by deceit!

      13. You are helpless if fate conspirers against you!

      14. Frustration blinds even the wisest!

      15. Ashwatthama’s last minute bid to end the war

      16. The Sun finally sets

      17. The devil quoting the bible

      18. One last act of deceit!

      19. Was it really a war of righteousness?!

      20. Why was Krishna right in doing what he did

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      Prologue

      Many people who are familiar with the Indian scripture, namely the Bhagavad Gita, are probably not aware that this holy book of Hindus is a part of the great Indian Epic Mahabharata.

      Bhagavad Gita appears as part of Bhishma Parva which is Book 6 of Mahabharata. In all there are 18 books in this great epic.

      Talking about its size – this epic has 100,000 verses, and many prose passages, adding up to a phenomenal total of 1.8 million words! In terms of size, it is roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, and four times the length of another well-known Indian Epic namely the Ramayana.

      Traditionally, it is believed that this great Epic was composed more than 5000 years ago. However, modern researchers don’t agree on a definite date when this Epic might have been composed. They give a wide range of dates – from 500 B.C. to 3000 B.C. However, there is unanimity in the opinion that this epic was composed at least 500 to 800 years before Christ. Many scholars opine that the Epic was continuously updated, over centuries, before it took its present form.

      Coming to the authorship of this great Epic, it is generally believed that the original author of this great Epic was Veda Vyasa. Apparently, he wrote a shorter original version called Jaya which bloated over a period of time and became the Mahabharata that we know today. Initially, some of the descendants of Vyasa propagated this Epic orally, probably adding many more stories in the process.

      The story of Mahabharata which is traditionally referred to as Itihas or history, is the story of two groups of warriors Kauravas and Pandavas who probably ruled 5000 years ago in Hastinapur in the Northern part of modern India – somewhere near the Indian capital New Delhi.

      Both of them were cousins from the Bharata dynasty. That is the reason why the Epic is called Mahabharata. They fought with each other for succession to the throne, finally ending up in complete annihilation barring only a few who survived.

      There are many heroes and heroines and of course villains as well, in this great Epic which is multifaceted. Each character is so complex and has its own compelling story to tell. Each is righteous in its own way. There are many events in this Epic that may not be very palatable to our modern sense of morality, though.

      But still, the war that ensued as a result of the feud between these two rival factions is often termed as Dharma Yuddha – the war of righteousness. Apart from being a record of history, the primary purpose of this great Epic was supposed to be to create complex scenarios depicting the conflict between right and wrong and show how righteousness can be a complex phenomenon rather than a simple set of commandments.

      In real life, it is difficult to define righteousness. What is right and what is wrong varies from person to person, depends on situation, time, end results, and so on. It is not just black and white, but there are myriad shades in between.

      In this book, I am going to pick some of the scenarios from this Epic to show how complex real-life events can be, when it comes to deciding right and wrong.

      Given the massive proportion of this voluminous Epic, it is almost impossible for me to cover the entire Epic in all details. Instead, what I plan to do is to take up some tricky and interesting incidents from the war that ensued, to show how multifaceted is the notion of righteousness in real life.

      My intention is definitely not to give a verdict, nor to justify wrong doings, but rather to highlight different viewpoints and pose questions. I leave it to you to decide what inference you want to take – who is right and who is wrong? I am more interested in encouraging analytical thinking rather than taking the Epic as reality or a model for our life. I guess that this is only a very narrow aspect of this great Epic, but nevertheless an important one.

      So, let us start in the next section with some background of the Author of this great Epic, who is also a real hero, the one who always chose to remain in the background, while running the whole show – so to speak.

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      1. Vyasa – A dark boy born on an island!

      F:\my_books\amazon\am_ancient_wisdom\cover_design\cover_logo_old.jpg Probably, there is no other author in the entire Indian history who is as revered, as versatile, as multifaceted, and as proficient as Vyasa who also happens to be the author of Mahabharata we are talking about.

      His actual name was Krishna Dvaipayana – literally meaning ‘a dark boy born on an island!’ What a strange name!

      Let me give a bit of his background.

      Apparently, there was this young girl by name Gandhakali or Mathsyagandha who used to ferry people across river Yamuna in

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