THE MAHABHARATA: A Modern Rendering, Vol 2

THE MAHABHARATA

A Modern Rendering

(Volume 2)

Ramesh Menon

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THE MAHABHARATA

A Modern Rendering

Copyright © 2006 by Ramesh Menon

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‘The Ferryman’

by S. Nandagopal, 2005

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112 x 117 x 25 cm

Collection: Jasdeep Sandhu. Gajah Gallery, Singapore.

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Contents

ONE
THE COUNCIL IN UPAPLAVYA
 

TWO
A CHOICE FOR TWO KSHATRIYAS
 

THREE
‘EVERYONE SEEMS TO KNOW ME’
 

FOUR
THE TWO ARMIES
 

FIVE
THE MESSENGERS
 

SIX
THE PANDAVAS’ REPLY
 

SEVEN
A BLIND KING’S TERROR
 

EIGHT
SANJAYA DELIVERS A MESSAGE
 

NINE
‘NOT LAND TO COVER THE POINT OF A NEEDLE’
 

TEN
A SECOND COUNCIL IN UPAPLAVYA
 

ELEVEN
KRISHNA ARRIVES IN HASTINAPURA
 

TWELVE
IN VIDURA’S HOUSE
 

THIRTEEN
IN THE COURT OF HASTINAPURA
 

FOURTEEN
DURYODHANA AND KRISHNA
 

FIFTEEN
‘I AM NOT ALONE’
 

SIXTEEN
KRISHNA AND KARNA
 

SEVENTEEN
THE PANDAVA SENAPATI
 

EIGHTEEN
THE KAURAVA SENAPATI
 

NINETEEN
ON THE BANKS OF YAMUNA
 

TWENTY
‘COME AWAY TO YOUR BROTHERS’
 

TWENTY-ONE FOR LOVE OF HIS FRIEND
 

TWENTY-TWO
BALARAMA AND RUKMI
 

TWENTY-THREE
ULUKA’S EMBASSY
 

BOOK SIX
I
BHEESHMA PARVA
 

ONE
SANJAYA’S GIFT
 

TWO
KURUKSHETRA
 

THREE
A MOMENT OF CRISIS
 

FOUR
THE BHAGAVAD GITA
 

FIVE
THE SONG OF GOD
 

SIX
THE BHAGAVAD GITA
 

SEVEN
THE BHAGAVAD GITA
 

EIGHT
THE SONG OF GOD
 

NINE
THE BHAGAVAD GITA
 

TEN
THE GHASTLY WAR
 

ELEVEN
THE SECOND DAY: TWO KRAUNCHAS
 

TWELVE
THE THIRD DAY: THE EAGLE AND THE CRESCENT
 

THIRTEEN
THE FOURTH DAY: BHEEMA AND HIS SON
 

FOURTEEN
THE FIFTH AND SIXTH DAYS
 

FIFTEEN
THE SEVENTH DAY: MANY DUELS
 

SIXTEEN
THE EIGHTH DAY:
THE FIELD OF DEATH
 

SEVENTEEN
DURYODHANA’S DESPAIR
 

EIGHTEEN
THE NINTH DAY:
THE TERRIBLE PATRIARCH
 

NINETEEN
THE LAST NIGHT OF AN AGE
 

TWENTY
THE TENTH MORNING
 

TWENTY-ONE
THE BED OF ARROWS
 

TWENTY-TWO
‘I NEVER HATED YOU’
 

BOOK SEVEN
DRONA PARVA
 

ONE
DRONA, SENAPATI
 

TWO
THE ELEVENTH DAY
 

THREE
SUSHARMA
 

FOUR
BHAGADATTA’S ELEPHANT
 

FIVE
AN ANCIENT AND HIS BEAST
 

SIX
DRONA’S VOW
 

SEVEN
THE CHAKRA VYUHA
 

EIGHT
JAYADRATHA’S MOMENT
 

NINE
ABHIMANYU
 

TEN
ARJUNA’S VOW
 

ELEVEN
JAYADRATHA’S TERROR
 

TWELVE
ARJUNA’S DREAM
 

THIRTEEN
THE THREE VYUHAS
 

FOURTEEN
ARJUNA THE MAGNIFICENT
 

FIFTEEN
AT THE RIM OF THE RED LOTUS
 

SIXTEEN
DEEP INTO THE ENEMY’S ARMY
 

SEVENTEEN
THE SOUND OF KRISHNA’S CONCH
 

EIGHTEEN
TERRIBLE SATYAKI
 

NINETEEN
YUDHISHTIRA’S ANXIETY
 

TWENTY
BHEEMA ARRIVES
 

TWENTY-ONE
KARNA AND BHEEMA
 

TWENTY-TWO SATYAKI AND BHOORISRAVAS
 

TWENTY-THREE
THE SETTING SUN
 

TWENTY-FOUR
THE WAR AT NIGHT
 

TWENTY-FIVE
KARNA, KRIPA AND ASWATTHAMA
 

TWENTY-SIX
AWESOME KARNA
 

TWENTY-SEVEN
GHATOTKACHA RULES THE NIGHT
 

TWENTY-EIGHT INDRA’S SHAKTI
 

TWENTY-NINE
DRONA
 

THIRTY
ONE WHITE LIE
 

THIRTY-ONE
RECRIMINATIONS
 

THIRTY-TWO
NARAYANASTRA
 

BOOK EIGHT
KARNA PARVA
 

ONE
SENAPATI KARNA
 

TWO
MANY DUELS
 

THREE
THE LUCID NIGHT
 

FOUR SHALYA
 

FIVE
THE TWO BROTHERS
 

SIX
IN YUDHISHTIRA’S TENT
 

SEVEN
THE TASTIEST DRINK
 

EIGHT
KARNA AND ARJUNA
 

NINE
THE MIRED WHEEL
 

TEN
THE SORROWING SUN
 

ELEVEN
OUT UNDER THE MOON
 

BOOK NINE
SHALYA PARVA