Volume 4 _ BORI Critical Edition of the Mahabharata
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- Hey everyone! Here is my in-depth review of the Volume 4 of the BORI Critical Edition of the Mahabharata .
We take a look at the Pandavas' life in Virata's kingdom. Then we discuss the possible real-life inspirations for the Mahabhartha story. We also hear about ancient kings, divine sages, Nagas, Swarga, Patala and a wise woman named Viduraa. Then we move onto the preparations for the war, as all peace talks break down and finally, find ourselves at Kurukshetra, just a few hours before the battle begins.
This is a long video, so get comfy and enjoy! Thanks for watching! 😃
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Happy New Year madam, the fourth volume review is interesting, thanks for your efforts for taking nearly one hour to explain in depth, which many reviewers simply avoid, I wish tales and texts channel all the best this year 2024. Looking forward to your book reviews mam.
Thank you so much for your kind comment! A very happy new year to you too. Thanks for watching! 🎉
A very happy new year Ma'am. Glad to know that you completed the fourth volume. I am also on the run but I have the gita press edition. Would surely buy Bibek Debroy translations soon
I have wanted to find out how the Gita Press edition is. What are your thoughts about it?
A very happy new year to you too! 🎉
I would say that the gita press mahabharata is almost similar to the critical edition but having some additional slokas from the dakshinatya(southern) edition. What the gita press edition has done is interesting. They have relied upon the nilkantha commentary (based on northern rendition) comprising of about 86600 slokas and added about 13400 slokas from the dakshinatya version and uvacha slokas also. To sum up I feel that gita press edition is a bit difficult for me because of the sanskrit slokas ( and previously I have never picked up any hindi works although I can read devanagari😅)
@@adityakiranbal9919sounds really interesting. I would love to read that version too someday in English. Its very interesting to see how different regions interpret the epic.
I think that penguin publishers are destroying our Hindu shastras. They are publishing Ramayana, Mahabharata as novel. No Sanskrit slokas, no explaining only the enjoyment of storyline. You could also see their mahabharat's cover page. No pictures of Lord Sri Krishna or any other god or goddess or pandavas at the cover page. So we must read authentic books.
I would have to respectfully disagree with you. The Penguin edition is the direct translation of the Critical Edition of the Ramayana and Mahabharata respectively. These two versions are the most authentic versions of the epics. I think its good they don’t have any interpretation. Our Hindu religion asks us to accumulate both jnana (textual knowledge) and vijnana (critical engagement through self-thinking). Vijnana can happen only when we don’t read others interpretations and consciously think about the meaning of the texts ourselves.
As for Krishna’s photo - the cover of Vol.5 of the Mahabharata is of Krishna. It shows Krishna in anger, and the only time in the epic (specifically in Vol5) when Krishna is angry; is when Arjuna refuses to kill Bhishma and Bhishma is destroying the Pandava army.