The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated Into English Prose: Bhishma parva (1891)

Bhārata Press, 1887 - Hindu mythology

BHISHMA PARVA	1

Sanjaya begins his discourse on the merits of earth	16

Description of the regions to the north and the east	24

Chitrasena escapes Bhimas mace and is taken up	28

The Yugas and their respective attributes	36

BhagavatGita Parva	44

Several Pandava heroes surround Bhishma	52

Abhimanyu and Vrihadvala	54

Cweta slain by Bhishma	178

The prowess of Bhima	179

Arjuna encounters Bhishma Bhagadatta and Kripa	185

Duryodhanas standard cut down and himself rendered	187

Yudhishthira and the twins annihilate that cavalry	188

Ghatotkacha encounters Duryodhana again	190

Encounter between Bhishma and Arjuna	192

Encounter between Arjuna and Bhishma	205

The carnage caused by Arjuna	225

Dusçasanas heroism in checking Arjunas advance	230

The Pandavas also command their troops to desist	246

247	247

Abhimanyus encounter with and success over five car	269

Abhimanyus encounter with Lakshmana	271

army	284

Dhrishtadyumna and Bhima cause a great carnage	325

Diverse encounters between the Pandava and	328

Abhimanyu deprives king Amvashtha of his	354

Bhishma urges Bhagadatta to encounter Ghatotkacha	364

Satyakis encounter with Açwatthāman	372

The Pandavas with Krishna proceed to Bhishmas tent	396

The wrath of Yudhishthira	413

Diverse encounters between diverse heroes of both armies	416

Bhishma causes a great slaughter of the Pandava troops	429

Arjuna causes a great slaughter	433

The Rishis and the Vasus in the firmament approve	443

Bhishma receives them all with courtesy	444

and others	452

Title	The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated Into English Prose: Bhishma parva (1891) Volume 4 of The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated Into English Prose, Pratāpacandra Rāya
Contributors	Pratāpacandra Rāya, Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Publisher	Bhārata Press, 1887
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	31 Mar 2011

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Descriptions of particular warriors of the Kuru army	57

Karnas refusal	58

The Pandavas together rush at Bhishma	62

The two hosts arrayed at sunrise	64

Drona causes a great slaughter of the Pandava army	65

The merits of the hymn uttered by Arjuna	73

Commencement of the encounter	77

Arjuna repeats his arguments against the battle	79

52	84

On Raja yoga	108

Of the two kinds of worshippers	117

Drona promises to pray for Yudhishthiras victory	127

Vyasas departure	143

54	148

12	152

Dhritarashtra enquires of Sanjaya after the attributes	158

The carnage of battle	161

Calya slays Uttara	167

Ghatotkacha slays Bhagadattas elephant	173

Bhishma puts the whole Pandaya army to rout	176

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