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The Mahabharata is a sweeping epic of Indian mythology, analogous in both size (over 100,000 verses) and religious significance to the Christian Bible. It tells the story of a war between the Pandavas, the sons of King Pandu, and the Kauravas, the sons of Pandu's older, blind brother, King Dhritarastra. The Epic is written in eighteen books.
Set in the sixth book of the Mahabharata is the Bhagavad Gita, another masterpiece of Hindu thought, wherein Arjuna is advised by Krishna that he must fulfill his duty by participating in a battle, at the risk of losing many friends and relatives in the fighting.
Relevant links:
- http://www.hindunet.org/mahabharata/ Full etext in devangari and in transliterated Sanskrit
- http://www.investindia.com/newsite/religion/mahabhar.htm Brief Summary of the Mahabharata
- http://home.earthlink.net/~shubhrasudha/lopa3.html More detailed, book-by-book summary
See also Golden Age and millennialism.