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The Bhagavad Gita is a poem written in the usual verse form of the Hindu epic poems and is an episode in the sixth book, or Bhishma Parvan, of the Mahabharata, an epic poem devoted mainly to the deeds of the rival princes, who, though descended from a common ancestor, Kuru, Fought as Kauravas and Pandavas for the kingdom of which Hastinapura was the capital. The facts which preceded the opening scene of the poem are briefly These:- Dhritarashtra and Pandu the sons of Vyasa were broughtup, after the death of their father, by their uncle Bhishma, who carried on in their minority, the government of Hastinapura. Dhritarashtra was the first-born but, being blind he renounced the Kingdom in favour of Pandu.
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ISBN : 9788121263696
Pages : 224
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