మహాభారతం-పర్వం-2-కురు వంశం -Mahabharatham in Telugu by Pebbles
The innermost narrative kernel of the Mahabharata tells the story of two sets of paternal first cousins -- the five sons of the deceased king Pandu (the five Pandavas) and the one hundred sons of blind King Dhritarashtra (the 100 hundred Dhartarashtras) \r
The Pandavas fulfilled their part of that bargain, but the villainous leader of the Dhartarashtra party, Duryodhana, was unwilling to restore the Pandavas to their half of the kingdom when the thirteen years had expired. Both sides then called upon their many allies and two large armies arrayed themselves on Kurus Field (Kuru was one of the eponymous ancestors of the clan), eleven divisions in the army of Duryodhana against seven divisions for Yudhishthira. \r
The Pandavas won the eighteen day battle, but it was a victory that deeply troubled all except those who were able to understand things on the divine level (chiefly Krishna, Vyasa, and Bhishma, the Bharata patriarch who was emblematic of the virtues of the era now passing away). The Pandavas five sons by Draupadi, as well as Bhimasena Pandavas and Arjuna Pandavas two sons by two other mothers (respectively, the young warriors Ghatotkaca and Abhimanyu, were all tragic victims in the war. \r
In the years that follow the war Dhritarashtra and his queen Gandhari, and Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas, lived a life of asceticism in a forest retreat and died with yogic calm in a forest fire. Krishna Vasudeva and his always unruly clan slaughtered each other in a drunken brawl thirty-six years after the war, and Krishnas soul dissolved back into the Supreme God Vishnu (Krishna had been born when a part of Vishnu took birth in the womb of Krishnas mother). When they learned of this, the Pandavas believed it time for them to leave this world too and they embarked upon the Great Journey, which involved walking north toward the polar mountain, that is toward the heavenly worlds, until ones body dropped dead. Once in heaven Yudhishthira faced one final test of his virtue: He saw only the Dhartarashtras in heaven, and he was told that his brothers were in hell. He insisted on joining his brothers in hell, if that be the case! It was then revealed that they were really in heaven, that this illusion had been one final test for him. So ends the Mahabharata!\r
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Adi-parva-Introduction, birth and upbringing of the princes.\r
2-Sabha-parva-Life at the court, the game of dice, and the exile of the Pandavas. Maya Danava erects the palace and court (sabha), at Indraprastha.\r
3-Vana-Parva-The twelve years in exile in the forest (aranya).\r
4-Virata-parva-The year in exile spent at the court of Virata.\r
5-Udyoga-parva-Preparations for war.\r
6-Bhishma-parva-The first part of the great battle, with Bhishma as commander for the Kauravas.\r
7-Drona-parva-The battle continues, with Drona as commander.\r
8-Karna-parva-The battle again, with Karna as commander.\r
9-Shalya-parva-The last part of the battle, with Shalya as commander.\r
10-Sauptika-parva-How Ashvattama and the remaining Kauravas killed the Pandava army in their sleep (Sauptika).\r
11-Stri-parva-Gandhari and the other women (stri) lament the dead.\r
12-Shanti-parva-The crowning of Yudhisthira, and his instructions from Bhishma\r
13-Anusasana-parva-The final instructions (anusasana) from Bhishma.\r
14-Ashvamedhika-parva-The royal ceremony of the ashvamedha conducted by Yudhisthira.\r
15-Ashramavasika-parva-Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti leave for an ashram, and eventual death in the forest.\r
16-Mausala-parva-The infighting between the Yadavas with maces (mausala).\r
17-Mahaprasthanika-parva-The first part of the path to death (mahaprasthana “great journey”) of Yudhisthira and his brothers.\r
18-Svargarohana-parva-The Pandavas return to the spiritual world (svarga).\r
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The Pandavas fulfilled their part of that bargain, but the villainous leader of the Dhartarashtra party, Duryodhana, was unwilling to restore the Pandavas to their half of the kingdom when the thirteen years had expired. Both sides then called upon their many allies and two large armies arrayed themselves on Kurus Field (Kuru was one of the eponymous ancestors of the clan), eleven divisions in the army of Duryodhana against seven divisions for Yudhishthira. \r
The Pandavas won the eighteen day battle, but it was a victory that deeply troubled all except those who were able to understand things on the divine level (chiefly Krishna, Vyasa, and Bhishma, the Bharata patriarch who was emblematic of the virtues of the era now passing away). The Pandavas five sons by Draupadi, as well as Bhimasena Pandavas and Arjuna Pandavas two sons by two other mothers (respectively, the young warriors Ghatotkaca and Abhimanyu, were all tragic victims in the war. \r
In the years that follow the war Dhritarashtra and his queen Gandhari, and Kunti, the mother of the Pandavas, lived a life of asceticism in a forest retreat and died with yogic calm in a forest fire. Krishna Vasudeva and his always unruly clan slaughtered each other in a drunken brawl thirty-six years after the war, and Krishnas soul dissolved back into the Supreme God Vishnu (Krishna had been born when a part of Vishnu took birth in the womb of Krishnas mother). When they learned of this, the Pandavas believed it time for them to leave this world too and they embarked upon the Great Journey, which involved walking north toward the polar mountain, that is toward the heavenly worlds, until ones body dropped dead. Once in heaven Yudhishthira faced one final test of his virtue: He saw only the Dhartarashtras in heaven, and he was told that his brothers were in hell. He insisted on joining his brothers in hell, if that be the case! It was then revealed that they were really in heaven, that this illusion had been one final test for him. So ends the Mahabharata!\r
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Adi-parva-Introduction, birth and upbringing of the princes.\r
2-Sabha-parva-Life at the court, the game of dice, and the exile of the Pandavas. Maya Danava erects the palace and court (sabha), at Indraprastha.\r
3-Vana-Parva-The twelve years in exile in the forest (aranya).\r
4-Virata-parva-The year in exile spent at the court of Virata.\r
5-Udyoga-parva-Preparations for war.\r
6-Bhishma-parva-The first part of the great battle, with Bhishma as commander for the Kauravas.\r
7-Drona-parva-The battle continues, with Drona as commander.\r
8-Karna-parva-The battle again, with Karna as commander.\r
9-Shalya-parva-The last part of the battle, with Shalya as commander.\r
10-Sauptika-parva-How Ashvattama and the remaining Kauravas killed the Pandava army in their sleep (Sauptika).\r
11-Stri-parva-Gandhari and the other women (stri) lament the dead.\r
12-Shanti-parva-The crowning of Yudhisthira, and his instructions from Bhishma\r
13-Anusasana-parva-The final instructions (anusasana) from Bhishma.\r
14-Ashvamedhika-parva-The royal ceremony of the ashvamedha conducted by Yudhisthira.\r
15-Ashramavasika-parva-Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti leave for an ashram, and eventual death in the forest.\r
16-Mausala-parva-The infighting between the Yadavas with maces (mausala).\r
17-Mahaprasthanika-parva-The first part of the path to death (mahaprasthana “great journey”) of Yudhisthira and his brothers.\r
18-Svargarohana-parva-The Pandavas return to the spiritual world (svarga).\r
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