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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Maha-bharata, by Anonymous This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Author: Anonymous Translator: Romesh Dutt Release Date: October 25, 2006 [EBook #19630] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MAHA-BHARATA *** Produced by Andrew Sly, using a text prepared by John B. Hare of sacred-texts.com. [Frontespiece: The Banishment] MAHA-BHARATA THE EPIC OF ANCIENT INDIA CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH VERSE By Romesh C. Dutt C.I.E. MDCCCXCIX Published by J. M. Dent and Co. Aldine House London W. C. To THE MARQUIS OF RIPON Ever gratefully remembered by my countrymen for his just and benevolent administration and for his generous and helpful measures for the introduction of self-government in India This translation of the ancient epic of my country is respectfully dedicated Contents BOOK PAGE I. Astra Darsana (The Tournament) 1 II. Swayamvara (The Bride's Choice) 14 III. Rajasuya (The Imperial Sacrifice) 28 IV. Dyuta (The Fatal Dice) 42 V. Pativrata-Mahatmya (Woman's Love) 55 VI. Go-Harana (Cattle-Lifting) 73 VII. Udyoga (The Preparation) 86 VIII. Bhishma-Badha (Fall of Bhishma) 100 IX. Drona-Badha (Fall of Drona) 119 X. Karna-Badha (Fall of Karna) 136 XI. Sraddha (Funeral Rites) 151 XII. Aswa-Medha (Sacrifice of the Horse) 161 Conclusion 171 Translator's Epilogue 174 THE EPIC OF ANCIENT INDIA BOOK I ASTRA DARSANA (The Tournament) The scene of the Epic is the ancient kingdom of the Kurus which flourished along the upper course of the Ganges; and the historical fact on which the Epic is based is a great war which took place between the Kurus and a neighbouring tribe, the Panchalas, in the thirteenth or fourteenth century before Christ. According to the Epic, Pandu and Dhrita-rashtra, who was born blind, were brothers. Pandu died early, and Dhrita-rash
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