The Mahabharata: A Play based upon the Indian Classic Epic

Front Cover......Page 1
Back Cover......Page 2
Title Page......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
Introduction by JEAN-CLAUDE CARRIÈRE......Page 8
Foreword by PETER BROOK......Page 15
PART ONE - The Game of Dice......Page 19
THE BEGINNINGS......Page 21
YOUTH......Page 44
MARRIAGE AND KINGDOM......Page 56
THE KING OF KINGS......Page 66
THE GAME OF DICE......Page 74
PART TWO - Exile in the Forest......Page 93
THE PANDAVAS IN DANGER......Page 95
IN THE FOREST......Page 98
THE SEARCH FOR ARMS......Page 112
THE COURT OF KING VIRATA......Page 130
THE WAR OF THE COWS......Page 142
ON THE BATTLEFIELD......Page 146
THE MASKS FALL......Page 149
DURYODHANA AND ARJUNA WITH KRISHNA......Page 153
THE EMBASSIES......Page 156
KRISHNA\'S LAST EFFORTS......Page 166
PART THREE - The War......Page 171
THE BHAGAVAD-GITA......Page 173
KUNTI AND KARNA......Page 190
THE DEATH OF ABHIMANYU......Page 192
THE DEATH OF GHATOTKATCHA......Page 204
THE DEATH OF DRONA......Page 211
KARNA TAKES COMMAND......Page 219
DUSHASSANA\'S DEATH, KARNA\'S DEATH......Page 228
DURYODHANA\'S DEATH, THE END OF THE WAR......Page 235
KRISHNA\'S DEATH......Page 248
BY THE RIVER......Page 250
THE LAST ILLUSION......Page 253
About the Author and Translator......Page 257