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MARVELS AND MYSTERIES OF THE MAHABHARATA

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MARVELS AND MYSTERIES OF THE MAHABHARATA

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Krshna, the Blessed Lord and emissary of peace,

turned ruthless exterminator once war came.

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Krshna’s ‘new ethical code’, subordinating other duties to the ultimate dharma.

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Fate and Time as the Mahbharata’s epoch-changing drivers.

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Vyasa as progenitor, narrator and conscience-keeper across seven

generations of Kuru kings.

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Yudhishthira and Hamlet – epitomes of contrasting indecision.

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Evolution of Yudhishthira as a scholar extraordinaire,

purified by unparalleled penitence.

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Arjuna’s unique wanderlust and exploits in love and war.

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Arjuna’s lack of guilt explained by Krshna’s blessings in the Gita.

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Draupadi, the uniquely endowed heroine with

a portentous mission of all-consuming revenge.

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A comparison of curses between the Mahabharata and the Greek and Biblical

traditions.

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Intriguing global comparison of the fate of the Yadavas with that of Sodom and

Gomorrah.

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The Turbulent epic’s quietist end: message of

detachment from worldly pleasures and pains.

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The Mahabharata offers the world’s earliest protocol on war ethics.

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Striking comparisons: Rama and Yudhishthira; Sita and Draupadi; Odysseus

and Gilgamesh; Dhrtarashtra and Priam; Gandhari and Hecuba; Arjuna and Achilles; Karna and

Hector.

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Epistemic Yaksha questions as the quintessence of the Mahabharata

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ALL ANSWERED IN MARVELS & MYSTERIES OF THE

MAHABHARATA

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THANKS FOR WATCHING