Mahabharata (IV)
- Idioma:
- anglès
- Completesa:
- Obra completa
- Autoria:
- Atribuïda (autoria debatuda)
- Estat del text:
- Sense soroll d'escaneig detectat (mesura automàtica sobre tot el text, no revisada a mà)
- Extensió:
- ~520.000 paraules · 2.486 passatges
Cita aquesta obra
- APAMahābhārata. (n.d.). The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli
- MLAMahābhārata. The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli.
- ChicagoMahābhārata. The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/ca/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli.
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De què tracta
Els sis llibres finals: la continuació de les instruccions de Bhishma, el sacrifici del cavall, la retirada dels vells al bosc, la ruïna del llinatge de Krishna i el darrer camí cap a la muntanya.
Context i història
El poema no acaba amb la victòria sinó amb la seva liquidació: els que han guanyat es queden sols, la família de Krishna s'extermina a si mateixa en una baralla d'esborratxats i Yudhishthira puja a la muntanya per morir-hi, seguit d'un gos que es nega a abandonar. L'episodi del gos és el final que la tradició recorda millor, i es llegeix com el judici que el poema fa sobre tot el que ha explicat. Traducció de Ganguli, 1883-1896.
Context editorial, no una font citable: a diferència dels passatges de l'obra, aquestes dades no es poden contrastar amb el corpus.
with great beauty. No creature, O Yudhisthira, had ever been born before among womankind, that was possessed of such beauty as that excellent damsel who was the daughter of Duryodhana. The god Agni himself courted the beautiful princess Sudarsana, and taking the shape of a Brahmana, O monarch, sought her hand from the king. The king was unwilling to give his daughter in marriage to the Brahmana who was poor and not of the same rank with himself. Thereupon Agni vanished from his great sacrifice. The king, grieved at heart, then addressed the Brahmanas, saying,--'Of what sin have I, ye excellent Brahmanas, or you, been guilty, that Agni should disappear from this sacrifice, even as good done unto wicked men disappears from their estimation. Great, indeed, must that sin of ours be for which Agni has thus disappeared. Either must the sin be yours, or, it must be mine. Do you fully investigate the matter.'--Then hearing the king's words, O foremost prince of Bharata's race, the Brahmanas, restraining speech, sought with concentrated faculties the protection of the god of fire. The divine carrier of oblations, resplendent as the autumnal Sun, appeared before them, enveloping his self in glorious refulgence. The high-souled Agni then addressed those excellent Brahmanas, saying,--'I seek the daughter of Duryodhana for my own self.' At this all those Brahmanas were struck with wonder, and rising on the morrow, they related to the king what had been said by the fire-god. The wise monarch, hearing the words of those utterers of Brahma, was delighted at heart, and said,--'Be it so.'--The king craved a boon of the illustrious fire-god as the marriage dower,--'Do thou, O Agni, deign to remain always with us here.'--'Be it so'--said the divine Agni to that lord of Earth. For this reason Agni has always been present in the kingdom of Mahismati to this day, and was seen by Sahadeva in course of his conquering expedition to the south.…