About the Book: Mahabharata Unravelled - II : The Dharma Discourses
The first volume of Mahabharata Unravelled covered the itihasa of our ancestors
true to the narration of Rishi Veda Vyasa. But the Mahabharata is more than a
story of the past. It has extensive discourses on ethics, personal and social
interaction, administration, jurisprudence and related topics, in the form of
conversations. For instance, the Shanti Parva, the largest of the 18 parvas, is
a treatise on Raja Dharma. Advice on the responsibilities and duties of leaders
and administrators is imparted to Yudhishthira by Bhishma from his bed of arrows
on the field of war. Then there