Bhishma Parva: The Gita and the Grandsire

The armies meet at Kurukshetra, the Gita is spoken, Yudhishthira bows before Bhishma, and the Grandsire falls.

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Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva
6.40.78
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva
6.41.36
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva
6.23-6.40 (the Bhagavad Gita within the Bhishma Parva, paraphrased)
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review

Terms of use

Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva

6.41.30-6.41.42 (Yudhishthira and Bhishma, paraphrased)

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva

6.103-6.115 (Shikhandi, the fall of Bhishma, the pillow of arrows; paraphrased)

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Mahabharata, Bhishma Parva

6.115.48 (paraphrased)

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

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