Mahabharata (IV)
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- Status:
- Vollständiges Werk
- Autorschaft:
- Zugeschrieben (Urheberschaft umstritten)
- Zustand des Textes:
- Kein Scanrauschen festgestellt (automatische Messung über den ganzen Text, nicht von Hand geprüft)
- Umfang:
- ~520.000 Wörter · 2.486 Passagen
Dieses Werk zitieren
- APAMahabharata. (n.d.). The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/de/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli
- MLAMahabharata. The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/de/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli.
- ChicagoMahabharata. The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/de/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli.
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Wovon es handelt
Die letzten sechs Bücher: die Fortsetzung von Bhishmas Unterweisungen, das Rossopfer, der Rückzug der Alten in den Wald, der Untergang von Krishnas Geschlecht und der letzte Weg zum Berg.
Kontext und Geschichte
Das Epos endet nicht mit dem Sieg, sondern mit dessen Abwicklung: Die Sieger bleiben allein zurück, Krishnas eigene Sippe vernichtet sich in einem Trunkenbold-Streit selbst, und Yudhishthira steigt auf den Berg, um zu sterben, gefolgt von einem Hund, der ihn nicht verlässt. Die Episode mit dem Hund ist der Schluss, den die Überlieferung am besten behalten hat, und sie liest sich als das Urteil des Gedichts über alles, was es erzählt hat. Übersetzung von Ganguli, 1883-1896.
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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.…