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Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Arjuna’s Marriages

Ulūpī

Urvaśī

Citrāṅgadā

Subhadrā

2. Śrī Kṛṣṇa – The Ritual of Departure

Kṛṣṇa in the Ādiparvan

The Ritual of Departure

3. Śrī Kṛṣṇa – Guru and Leader of the Pāṇḍavas

Kṛṣṇa’s Dialogue with Yudhiṣṭhira

The Execution of Kṛṣṇa’s Plans

Śiśupāla’s Intervention

4. Psychological, Philosophical and Legal Aspects of the Dice Game

Preliminary Events

Śakuni’s Role

The Game Starts

Nala’s Dice Game

The Deeper Cause of Yudhiṣthira’s Losses

Draupadī’s Battle

Bhīṣma’s Commentary and Bhīma’s Fury

Vikarṇa’s Pleading for Draupadī

The Miracle

Vidura’s Vain Intervention

Draupadī’s New Appeal and Bhīṣma’s Response

Duryodhana’s Interjection

Bhīma’s Response

Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Intervention

Karṇa’s Commentary and Bhīma’s Reaction

Summary

Epilogue – Kṛṣṇa’s Commentary

5. The Mahābhārata’s Synthesis of Revenge and Forgiveness

Draupadī’s Opening of the Debate

Prahlāda’s Teaching

Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rebuttal

Draupadī’s Criticism of dharma

Draupadī’s Philosophy of Divine Determinism

Dharma for the Sake of Itself

Draupadī’s Pleading for Dynamic Action

Bhīma’s Pleading and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rebuttal

Conclusion

6. Saints Sages and Ascetics – The Creative Function of Curses and Blessings

Saramā Cursing Janamejaya

The Clash of Uttaṅka and Pauśya

King Parikṣit and Śṛṅgin’s Curse

Bhṛgu cursing Agni

A Brāhmin Cursing Ruru

Kadrū and Vinatā

Garuḍa and the Vālakhilyas

The Modification of Kadrū’s Curse and Further Events

7. Jaratkāru and Agastya

I - Jaratkāru

Jaratkāru Meeting His Forefathers

Jaratkāru’s Brief Marriage

II – Agastya and Lopāmudrā

8. Aṇīmāṇḍavya and Durvāsas

I - Aṇīmāṇḍavya

II – Durvāsas and Kuntī

Supernatural Conception

Durvāsas and Mudgala

Durvāsas and Kṛṣṇa

Durvāsas, Kṛṣṇa and the Pāṇḍavas

9. Saṁvarta

King Marutta and Nārada’s advice

Marutta meeting Saṁvarta

Indra’s Counteraction and Saṁvarta’s Defence

10. Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra

Vasiṣṭha Āpava

Vasiṣṭha Suvarcasa

Vasiṣṭha Maitrāvaruṇi and Viśvāmitra

King Kalmāṣapāda

11. Ṛśyaśṛṅga, Yavakrīta and the Brāhmin Saint

I – Ṛśyaśṛṅga

II - Yavakrīta

III – The Nameless Brāhmin Saint

12. Sanatsujāta

Kriyā Yoga

The Sanatsujātīya

“Distraction is Death”

On the Veda

13. Śuka

Śuka’s Birth

At the Court of King Janaka

Nārada’s Talk on Sanatkumāra’s Wisdom

Śuka’s Path to Complete Liberation

Appendix I - Sanskrit Original Texts

1 – Draupadī in the Assembly Hall

2 – Vikarṇa’s speech

3 – The Miracle of endless skirts

4 – Kṛṣṇa’s commentary on the dice game

5 – Yudhiṣṭhira’s sermon on forgiveness

6 – Draupadī’s philosophy of divine determinism

7 - Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma for its own sake

8 – Draupadī’s rejection of fatalism and accidentalism

9 – Śuka’s Life

Appendix II - A Summary of the Mahābhārata

I – The Main Action

II – The Structure

Literature

Studies in the Mahabharata

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