{| Doubts and Discussions about Mahabharata |} - Page 21

Originally posted by: bhas1066

hi
1) here the site where you can download the K.M.Ganguli eng translation of ved vyas mahabharata:

http://www.holybooks.com/mahabharata-all-volumes-in-12-pdf-files/

2) here you can read it in sanskrit:

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/maha/index.htm

3) for those who have android phones:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.indianic.collectionofmahabharat1&hl=en


if the senior members and others know of any other publications , even if not free , please add the link of hose also. i would be great full.

Originally posted by: napster

wonderful, i've put the 1st pdf on download.

what books will u suggest on krishna? i want to know all that i can about him.

Originally posted by: Surya_krsnbhakt

One is the Srimad Bhagavatam, available at: http://vedabase.net/sb/en

Another one is the Garga Samhita, which you have to search on the net...

And Brahmavaivarta Purana which is not available on the net... you have to buy

Originally posted by: bhas1066

http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/harivamsa-cs-index.html

the vishnu parva contains the entire life of krishna. but the above said books are m
ore detailed.

here is garaga samhita in english:

http://nitaaiveda.com/All_Scriptures_By_Acharyas/Pancharatra/Garga_Samhita.htm

Originally posted by: bhas1066

he was busy plotting in hastinapur only in the later stage of his life , when duryodhan is grown up. till that he only rules gandhar followed by his son who is later killed in post-war aswamedya yagya by arjun.

Originally posted by: shani88

Hypothetical question -

If Arjuna hadn't panicked before the start of the Kurukshetra war, would the Gita have been narrated at all? Or was the narration of the Gita pre-destined that in the event of Arjuna remaining calm and composed, Krishna would've "created" a situation that would've caused Arjuna to panic (He is Krishna, He can do anything!), thereby resulting in the narration of the Gita? Or was the narration of the Gita simply a consequence of Arjuna's personality flaw of letting his emotions get the better of him?

Also, on the Kurukshetra battlefield, why was Arjuna the ONLY person who panicked and wanted to back out? Did anyone else also have second thoughts about fighting the Kurukshetra war just before the start of the battle?