Shanti Parva: Bhishma Teaches

Yudhishthira's wish to flee the throne, why he goes to Bhishma, and the first lesson on why a kingdom needs a ruler.

This lecture is not yet released

Starts at 6 Nov, 6:00 am IST

Return to the course

Sources

Every verse in this lecture can be checked against these texts.

Mahabharata, Shanti Parva
12.7.5
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahabharata, Shanti Parva
12.8-12.38 (the arguments with Yudhishthira and the counsel to go to Bhishma, paraphrased)
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahabharata, Shanti Parva
12.46-12.54 (Krishna and Bhishma, paraphrased)

Translation

Vidya working translation, pending scholar review

Terms of use

Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Mahabharata, Shanti Parva

12.67.3

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

How this lecture was made

This lecture was narrated from texts reviewed by our scholar reviewers. The teacher character is an artistic interpretation.

About the teacher

The Sage Narrator is an artistic character, not a historical person. Where a story comes from later tradition rather than the critical text, he says so.