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Mahabharata Book Five (Volume 1): Preparations for War

Mahabharata Book Five (Volume 1): Preparations for War

Garbutt, Kathleen

Hardcover

Series: Clay Sanskrit Library, Book 40

Fiction AnthologiesHinduism

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ISBN10: 0814731910
ISBN13: 9780814731918
Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
Published: May 1 2008
Pages: 717
Weight: 1.03
Height: 1.25 Width: 4.38 Depth: 6.59
Language: English

The Pándavas believe they have completed the terms of their exile, though Duryódhana claims that they did not live unknown for the full thirteenth year, since Árjuna was recognized in the battle at the end of the preceding book, Viráta. While the Pándavas and Kurus make their preparations for war they organize a series of embassies to negotiate peace. This volume constantly highlights the inevitability of conflict and the futility of negotiation. Most characters are concerned that war between family cannot fail to be sinful. Contained herein is the Sanat-sujatíya, a philosophical passage to rival the Bhagavad-gita. Like the Bhagavad-gita, the Sanat-sujatíya tells that karma will not chain one in the cycle of rebirth, if one refrains from desire. Through understanding the truth of non-duality, that the world is mere illusion, one is subsumed into eternal existence with Brahman.

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