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Shanti Parva - Volume 2 English Translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, scanned and archived at Princeton University; Shanti Parva in Sanskrit by Vyasadeva with commentary by Nilakantha - A large file in Adobe Acrobat PDF format; Shanti Parva in Sanskrit and Hindi by Ramnarayandutt Shastri, Volume 5
Dana-dharma Parva (Chapters: 1–152) 2. Bhishma-svargarohana Parva (Chapters: 153–168) The Parva starts with a visit to Bhishma, who is dying. He is surrounded by sages and rishis including Vashishta, Maitreya, Sanatkumara, Valmiki, Kapila, Vyasadeva and Narada. As with Shanti Parva, Yudhishthira asks for counsel and Bhishma replies. It ...
Rajadharma referred to the obligations of a king or emperor towards his subjects, to ensure their prosperity and peace during his reign. The Arthashastra and the Shanti Parva of the Mahabharata are regarded to be prominent sources of literature regarding this concept.
In Narada Purana, celestial sage Sanandan had narrated the story of Dharmadhwaja Janaka having two children Amitadhwaja and Kritadhwaja. [5] In Shanti Parva of Mahabharata, there is a famous philosophical debate between the King Dharmadhwaja Janaka with the female ascetic Vedic scholar Shulabha, the debate is known as Janaka Shulabha Samvada. [6]
For example, in Shanti Parva (the Book of Peace), [30] Santosha (contentment) is the highest heaven, santosha is the highest bliss. There is no higher experience than santosha. When one draws away all his craving desires like a tortoise drawing in all it limbs, then the natural resplendence of his soul soon manifests itself.
In the Shalya Parva, Duryodhana expresses his sorrow over the fate of the mother of his son, Laxman Kumara. In the Stri Parva, Gandhari (mother of Duryodhana) mentions her daughter-in-law. In the Shanti Parva, the sage Narada narrates a story about the friendship of Duryodhana and Karna. Here, Karna helps his friend in abducting the daughter of ...
For example, Shanti Parva (the Book of Peace) of the Hindu Epic, states, [21] That king, O Yudhishthira, who rescues from distress, to the best of his power, his kinsmen and relatives and friends, attains to the object of the Vanaprastha mode of life. That king who on every occasion honours those that are foremost among men attains the object ...
Bhishma Parva (Bhishma/Tenacity) 067–070 797 1000 P. Lal 07 Drona Parva 071–078 1383 1200 P. Lal 08 Karna Parva 079 932 1000 P. Lal 09 Shalya Parva (Shalya/The Pike) 080–083 628 1000 P. Lal 10 Sauptika Parva (The Sleeping Warriors) 084–085 138 200 P. Lal 11 Stri Parva (The Women) 086–089 141 200 P. Lal 12 Shanti Parva (Peace)