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“Surely my heart is made of stone since it does not shatter upon hearing this news. Truth, intelligence, and political …

Dhṛtarāṣṭra sat in silence in the darkened chamber. His personal servants stood nearby, their cāmaras hanging limply by their sides. …

After some minutes, the king asked Sañjaya to repeat the details of the battle. “I desire to know of all …

Sañjaya described everything again. Dhṛtarāṣṭra listened with rapt attention. When Sañjaya finished, it was almost morning. The king had no …

As the sunrise approached, Sañjaya told the king what had happened at the end of the tenth day. Then both …

After all the kings had left Bhīṣma, Karṇa quietly left his tent and rode across the battlefield. As the moon …

Karṇa dismounted and fell at Bhīṣma’s feet. He spoke in a choked voice. “I am Radha’s son, O foremost of …

Bhīṣma opened his eyes and turned toward Karṇa. Dismissing the guards, he told him to come closer. He spoke affectionately. …

Bhīṣma felt no anger toward Karṇa. He had reprimanded him only out of genuine concern for him. The old Kuru …

Karṇa knelt by Bhīṣma’s side, his eyes dim with tears at the sight of Bhīṣma’s condition. Despite their many arguments, …

Bhīṣma closed his eyes in pain, then continued. “O Karṇa, your birth was attended with sin. Thus your intellect has …

Karṇa’s head fell. “I know all this, O mighty-armed hero. I know I am Kuntī’s son. But she disowned me …

Karṇa looked around the moonlit field. It was littered with bodies. The next day he would fight. He had waited …

Bhīṣma looked into Karṇa’s face and saw his determination. “If you cannot give up your enmity for the Pāṇḍavas, then, …

Bhīṣma again closed his eyes. Karṇa rose and mounted his horse. In a few moments he had vanished into the …

Immediately after sunrise on the eleventh day, both the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas went to see Bhīṣma. After paying their obeisances, …

Putting aside their armor and weapons, the soldiers of the two armies gathered around the fallen hero. Bhīṣma opened his …

Hearing Bhīṣma address them in a rasping voice, the Kauravas quickly fetched jars of cool water. They also brought food, …

Bhīṣma shook his head. “I will no longer accept articles of human enjoyment. I have passed away from the society …

Arjuna stepped forward and stood with folded hands before Bhīṣma. “What would you have me do, O Grandsire?”