About the Book: Mahabharatas Bhishma Death Your Servant : Examples From A World
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The Mahabharata with 110,000 verses, including an appendix, is the longest epic
poem in the world literature. In the epic 2,000 verses only are the teachings of
Krishna. 20,000 verses are the teachings of Bhishma, the most towering
personality of the Mahabharata, a warrior sage who led an army of over 2 million
soldiers for 10 days out of 18 days of war. At that time he was 146 years old.
His final teachings were given when he lay pierced with arrows for 58 days,
waiting for the right time that he