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The Mahābhārata

First written c. 400 BCE – 400 CE

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The great Sanskrit epic of India, in eighteen books, ascribed to the sage Vyāsa: the war between the Pāṇḍavas and their cousins the Kauravas, and around it a vast body of teaching on duty, kingship, death and liberation. It contains the Bhagavad Gītā, the Sanatsujātīya, the Mokṣadharma and the Anugītā.

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Title: The Mahābhārata

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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Kisari Mohan Ganguli (Bharata Press, Calcutta, 1883)

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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa(translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)

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Period

Vedic and Upaniṣadic1500 BCE to 300 BCE

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Essays

Action Without AttachmentMust the seeker leave the world? The Bhagavad Gītā was spoken to a man who wanted to, on a battlefield, and its answer is the way of action without attachment: to act fully and give up the claim to the fruit. What that teaching asks, how the Mahābhārata tests it, and how it has been misread.