Mahabharata (IV)
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- inglés
- Estado:
- Obra completa
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- Atribuida (autoría debatida)
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- Sin ruido de escaneo detectado (medición automática sobre todo el texto, no revisada a mano)
- Extensión:
- ~520.000 palabras · 2486 pasajes
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- APAMajábharata. (n.d.). The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli
- MLAMajábharata. The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/es/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli.
- ChicagoMajábharata. The Mahabharata, Vol. IV (Books 13-18) — Ganguli [Mahabharata (IV)]. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/es/works/mahabharata/the-mahabharata-vol-iv-books-13-18-ganguli.
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De qué trata
Los seis libros finales: la continuación de las instrucciones de Bhishma, el sacrificio del caballo, la retirada de los viejos al bosque, la ruina del linaje de Krishna y el último camino hacia la montaña.
Contexto e historia
El poema no acaba con la victoria sino con su liquidación: los que han ganado se quedan solos, la familia de Krishna se extermina a sí misma en una pelea de borrachos y Yudhishthira sube a la montaña a morir, seguido de un perro que se niega a abandonarlo. El episodio del perro es el final que la tradición recuerda mejor, y se lee como el juicio que el poema hace sobre todo lo que ha contado. Traducción de 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.…