Ashvamedhika Parva: The Horse Sacrifice

A child restored to life, the horse sacrifice, Krishna's after-song to Arjuna, and the mongoose who found the great sacrifice wanting.

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Sources

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

Mahabharata, Ashvamedhika Parva
14.66-14.70 (the child restored to life, paraphrased)
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahabharata, Ashvamedhika Parva
14.78-14.81 (Arjuna and Babhruvahana, paraphrased)
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahabharata, Ashvamedhika Parva
14.16.11
Translation

Vidya working translation, pending scholar review

Terms of use

Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Mahabharata, Ashvamedhika Parva

14.16-14.51 (the Anugita, paraphrased)

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

Mahabharata, Ashvamedhika Parva

14.93.1-14.93.90 (the mongoose and the poor family, paraphrased)

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

Mahabharata, Ashvamedhika Parva

14.93.93

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

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