{"product_id":"9781486419685","title":"The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose - The Original Classic Edition","description":"Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, which is now, at last, again available to you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough this plan was adopted, yet before a fourth of the task had been accomplished, an influential Indian journal came down upon poor Pratapa Chandra Roy and accused him openly of being a party to a great literary imposture, viz., of posing before the world as the translator of Vyasas work when, in fact, he was only the publisher. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...Sauti said, Having heard the diverse sacred and wonderful stories which were composed in his Mahabharata by Krishna-Dwaipayana, and which were recited in full by Vaisampayana at the Snake-sacrifice of the high-souled royal sage Janamejaya and in the presence also of that chief of Princes, the son of Parikshit, and having wandered about, visiting many sacred waters and holy shrines, I journeyed to the country venerated by the Dwijas (twice-born) and called Samantapanchaka where formerly was fought the battle between the children of Kuru and Pandu, and all the chiefs of the land ranged on either side. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...Sauti then said, Having bowed down to the primordial being Isana, to whom multitudes make offerings, and who is adored by the multitude; who is the true incorruptible one, Brahma, perceptible, imperceptible, eternal; who is both a non-existing and an existing-non-existing being; who is the universe and also distinct from the existing and non-existing universe; who is the creator of high and low; the ancient, exalted, inexhaustible one; who is Vishnu, beneficent and the beneficence itself, worthy of all preference, pure and immaculate; who is Hari, the ruler of the faculties, the guide of all things moveable and immoveable; I will declare the sacred thoughts of the illustrious sage Vyasa, of marvellous deeds and worshipped here by all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e...The mystery of the Veda, and what other subjects have been explained by me; the various rituals of the Upanishads with the Angas; the compilation of the Puranas and history formed by me and named after the three divisions of time, past, present, and future; the determination of the nature of decay, fear, disease, existence, and non-existence, a description of creeds and of the various modes of life; rule for the four castes, and the import of all the Puranas; an account of asceticism and of the duties of a religious student; the dimensions of the sun and moon, the planets, constellations, and stars, together with the duration of the four ages; the Rik, Sama and Yajur Vedas; also the Adhyatma; the sciences called Nyaya, Orthphy and Treatment of diseases; charity and Pasupatadharma; birth celestial and human, for particular purposes; also a description of places of pilgrimage and other holy places of rivers, mountains,, forests, the ocean, of heavenly cities and the kalpas; the art of war; the different kinds of nations and languages: the nature of the manners of the people; and the all-pervading spirit;-all these have been represented.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emereo Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142252708080,"sku":"9781486419685","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781486419685_p0.jpg?v=1763634823","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781486419685","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}