Mahabharata

The great epic of Vyāsa. Its original name is “Jaya” (“Victory”). It contains the Bhagavad-gītā (Bhīṣma-parva) and is one of the key sources of Vedic philosophy.

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Āśvamedhika-parva (The Book of the Horse Sacrifice)

Chapters 41–60 of 96

41Chapter 41 — Āśvamedhika-parva (ahaṃkāranirūpaṇa) (The Description of Self-Identity)5 verses

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42Chapter 42 — Āśvamedhika-parva (adhyātmavidhi) (The Ordering of the Spiritual)62 verses

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43Chapter 43 — Āśvamedhika-parva (vibhūti-dharma-kṣetrajña) (The Foremost Ones, Dharma, and the Knower of the Field)40 verses

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44Chapter 44 — Āśvamedhika-parva (vibhūti-anityatā) (The Foremost Ones and Impermanence)21 verses

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45Chapter 45 — Āśvamedhika-parva (kālacakra-gārhasthya) (The Wheel of Time and the Duty of the Householder)25 verses

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46Chapter 46 — Āśvamedhika-parva (brahmacarya-vānaprastha-mokṣa) (Studentship, Forest Life, and Liberation)55 verses

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47Chapter 47 — Āśvamedhika-parva (saṃnyāsa-brahmavṛkṣa) (Renunciation and the Tree of Brahman)16 verses

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48Chapter 48 — Āśvamedhika-parva (sattva-kṣetrajña-saṃśaya) (Matter, the Knower of the Field, and the Doubts [of the Sages])29 verses

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49Chapter 49 — Āśvamedhika-parva (ahiṃsā-tattvasarga) (Non-violence and the Order of the Elements)55 verses

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50Chapter 50 — Āśvamedhika-parva (anugītāsamāpti) (The Conclusion of the Anugītā)51 verses

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51Chapter 51 — Āśvamedhika-parva (kṛṣṇastuti-prasthāna) (Praise of Kṛṣṇa and the Departure)56 verses

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52Chapter 52 — Āśvamedhika-parva (uttaṅka-roṣa) (The Wrath of Uttaṅka)26 verses

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53Chapter 53 — Āśvamedhika-parva (kṛṣṇa-vibhūti-darśana) (The Vision of Kṛṣṇa's Glory)22 verses

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54Chapter 54 — Āśvamedhika-parva (uttaṅka-vara-megha) (The Boon to Uttaṅka and the Clouds)35 verses

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55Chapter 55 — Āśvamedhika-parva (uttaṅka-gurubhakti) (Uttaṅka's Devotion to His Guru)35 verses

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56Chapter 56 — Āśvamedhika-parva (saudāsa-madayantī) (Saudāsa and Madayantī)28 verses

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57Chapter 57 — Āśvamedhika-parva (uttaṅka-kuṇḍalāharaṇa) (Uttaṅka's Recovery of the Earrings)56 verses

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58Chapter 58 — Āśvamedhika-parva (kṛṣṇa-dvārakāgamana) (Kṛṣṇa's Return to Dvārakā)20 verses

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59Chapter 59 — Āśvamedhika-parva (saṃgrāmasaṃkṣepa) (A Brief Account of the Battle)36 verses

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60Chapter 60 — Āśvamedhika-parva (abhimanyuśoka) (Grief for Abhimanyu)41 verses

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