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Mahabharata Podcast

An English language re-telling of the ancient epic Mahabharat.

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Episode 3 - A Fishy Beginning

Episode 3 - A Fishy Beginning

Episode 3 - Vaisampayan begins telling the Mahabharata, beginning by telling us that Vyasa spent three years daily worki... Read more

6 Feb 2010

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Episode 4 - Shakuntala and King Bharata

Episode 4 - Shakuntala and King Bharata

Episode 4 - The episodes are getting a little longer now, as the stories get more detailed.  Before the book gets to the... Read more

10 Feb 2010

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Episode 5 - Shantanu & Sons

Episode 5 - Shantanu & Sons

Episode 5 - I briefly give my opinion of the previous episode on Shakuntala and Dushanta, and then get going with the bi... Read more

12 Feb 2010

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Episode 59 - The Gita, part 1: Arjun's Dejection

Episode 59 - The Gita, part 1: Arjun's Dejection

Episode 59 - We begin the famous holy book, the Bhagavad Gita.  The scene for this revelation is the midst of the fatefu... Read more

24 May 2011

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Episode 6 - No Good Deed Unpunished

Episode 6 - No Good Deed Unpunished

Episode 6 - In this episode, Bhisma's extreme oath comes back to bite them all, when both his brothers die childless and... Read more

15 Feb 2010

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Episode 94 - The Kali Yuga

Episode 94 - The Kali Yuga

Episode 94 - The Dark Age is now unquestionably upon us.  The elder Kurus, living austere lives in the forest, found the... Read more

6 Mar 2012

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Episode 18 - Arjun Slept Here

Episode 18 - Arjun Slept Here

Episode 18 - This is a longer, pithy episode, covering the way the brothers decided to prevent future conflicts over the... Read more

2 May 2010

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Episode 48 - War by other means

Episode 48 - War by other means

Episode 48 - The Pandavas have come out of hiding and are demanding their lands back from the Kauravas.  Duryodhana has ... Read more

14 Mar 2011

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Episode 64 - Kurukshetra, Days 3 & 4

Episode 64 - Kurukshetra, Days 3 & 4

Episode 64 - The third and fourth days of the great war.  It seems like the tide may be turning somewhat, since both day... Read more

18 Jul 2011

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Episode 79 - Kurukshetra, Day 17: Down with Dushasan/Killing Karna

Episode 79 - Kurukshetra, Day 17: Down with Dushasan/Killing Karna

Episode 79 - This is a big day in the war.  Bhisma fulfills one of his oaths by killing Dushasan and drinking his blood.... Read more

1 Nov 2011

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Episode 77 - Kurukshetra, Day 16: Karna's in charge

Episode 77 - Kurukshetra, Day 16: Karna's in charge

Episode 77 - Drona is dead and a new commander is needed.  Ashwatthaman proposes that Karna be given the position and ev... Read more

18 Oct 2011

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Episode 74 - Kurukshetra, Day 15: Drona

Episode 74 - Kurukshetra, Day 15: Drona

Episode 74 - Two significant deaths this episode-- first Gatotkacha basically gets sacrificed by Krishna so that Arjun n... Read more

27 Sep 2011

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Episode 80 - Kurukshetra, Day 18: Shalya & the dissolution of the Kauravas

Episode 80 - Kurukshetra, Day 18: Shalya & the dissolution of the Kauravas

Episode 80 - This episode covers the final day of the great war.  If you were expecting things to go out with a bang, yo... Read more

9 Nov 2011

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Episode 30 - Agastya

Episode 30 - Agastya

Episode 30 - The four Pandavas who were left in the forest set off on a tour of the sacred sites of Ancient India, with ... Read more

1 Nov 2010

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Episode 60 - The Gita, part 2: The Godhead

Episode 60 - The Gita, part 2: The Godhead

Episode 60 - This concludes Krishna's dialog with Arjun about Dharma, Bhakti, Yoga, and the Gunas.  During the course of... Read more

6 Jun 2011

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Episode 78 - Kurukshetra, Day 17: A Counterfeit Curfuffle

Episode 78 - Kurukshetra, Day 17: A Counterfeit Curfuffle

Episode 78 - Karna begins the 17th day of the war by fighting each Pandava except Arjun.  He is actually defeated by bot... Read more

25 Oct 2011

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Episode 29 - Damayanti & Nala, part 2

Episode 29 - Damayanti & Nala, part 2

Episode 29 - We finish the story of Nala.  Brhadashva suggested that this story would cheer up the Pandavas, since there... Read more

25 Oct 2010

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Episode 83 - Daksha's Sacrifice

Episode 83 - Daksha's Sacrifice

Episode 83 - The brothers learn of the massacre of their sons & allies, and summon Draupadi to break the news.  As u... Read more

29 Nov 2011

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Episode 53 - The Temptation of Karna

Episode 53 - The Temptation of Karna

Episode 53 - This episode is devoted to the classic scene of the Mahabharata in which Krishna reveals to Karna his true ... Read more

19 Apr 2011

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Episode 45 - The Book of Virata

Episode 45 - The Book of Virata

Episode 45 - The Pandavas send away their hangers-on, and enter hiding at the kingdom of the Matsyas, in the service of ... Read more

21 Feb 2011

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