The Greatest Indian Epic - Mahabharath

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Originally Posted by r_kk

Mahabharata is unquestionably a great epic considering its length, well developed characters and coherent story line etc etc...But if someone claims that it has greatest moral values to the entire human beings and nothing bad in it, then it is very doubtful.

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I hold the same views as yours r_kk.

What intrigued me when I first read Mahabharata was the treatment of characters.
No two characters were alike and the epic unfolded very well.
It was very much human and the complexity of each character was put forth excellently. Interactions between friends and foe was simply well outlined and the depth of the characters just prevailed in every given circumstance.

Instead of brooding over the goodness of the supposed heroes, I feel Vyasa should be acknowledged for what he has contributed.

Good on you, A R for bringing in a fresh perspective to the thread. How does it fare as literature? The other 2 epics we hear of often are the Illiad and the Odessey of Homer. How does Mahabharatha fare against these? I am not starting a this vs that debate, I am just trying to pick everyone's brains on looking at the Mahabaratha as we would the Odessey (meaning, no one bothers to discuss relative morality in the Odessey, so why talk about that in Mahabharatha?)

The one thing that strikes me when I read MB is the plots and the twists the author has given. He would start off a story which seems to go nowhere, yet much later, that story would be referenced and it would make sense. The amount of involutions and story within stories in MB is simply amazing!

Can someone pls tell me from where I can buy the complete (not condensed) 'Ramayana' and 'Mahabharatha' transalated in English.

Tomato

You can buy them from any ISKON (International Society for Krishna Consiousness)shops world wide, they sell several books by his Divine Grace Sripala Bhaktivedananta Swami Prapudha, excellent source of knowledge, you MUST read them.

Tell me where(Country) you reside, so that I can give the address of their Temples & Book Shops

Thank you Raghu for the info. I'm currently residing in Singapore. And yes I do want to read them. Only prob is I don't know sanskrit. So I want a good transtlation in english.

Tomato,

They are in English with Sanskrit References, here are some info

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Hi
Again coming back to the topic which I lefy sometime ago here.

What did Bhishma tell about dharma to Yudishtra? This is said to be very valuable in Mahabharatha.If anyone knows the full conversation between Bhishma and Yudishtra,please post it here

After so much I posted on that topic, you are still asking the same thing, viggop? Not satisfied, eh? :wink:

Dear Badri
Did we really discuss all the questions and answers of Yudishtra to Bhishma? I forgot.
Let us then continue Mahabharatha with some other story. :D

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Originally Posted by viggop

Dear Badri
Did we really discuss all the questions and answers of Yudishtra to Bhishma? I forgot.
Let us then continue Mahabharatha with some other story. :D

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Yes he did Viggop, you can probably find it between pages 1 - 10.

i think we should discuss about the noble characters of Vidura, his character was highly underated in Mahabharath, in my opinion