Dharma. Mahabharata

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MBK: 1.1: Birth of the Kuru Elders
MBK: 1.2: Pāṇḍu Cursed and Blessed
MBK: 1.3: The Pāṇḍavas Come to Hastināpura
MBK: 1.4: Duryodhana Begins His Evil Schemes
MBK: 1.5: The Martial Exhibition
MBK: 1.6: The Kauravas’ Hatred Grows
MBK: 1.7: The Pāṇḍavas Sent Away
MBK: 1.8: Ghaṭotkaca Born and Baka Slain
MBK: 1.9: The Gandharva Aṅgaraparna
MBK: 1.10: Draupadī’s Svayaṁvara
MBK: 1.11: The Pāṇḍavas Wed Draupadī
MBK: 1.12: Dhṛtarāṣṭra Gives Half the Kingdom
MBK: 1.13: Arjuna’s Pilgrimage
MBK: 1.14: Burning the Khāṇḍava Forest
MBK: 1.15: The Celestial Hall
MBK: 1.16: Mighty Jarāsandha
MBK: 1.17: The Rājasūya Sacrifice
MBK: 1.18: Duryodhana’s Envy
MBK: 1.19: The Dice Game
MBK: 1.20: Draupadī Dragged to the Assembly
MBK: 1.21: The Pāṇḍavas Exiled
MBK: 1.22: Into the Forest
MBK: 1.23: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Anxiety
MBK: 1.24: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Moral Instructions
MBK: 1.25: Arjuna Goes to Heaven
MBK: 1.26: To Badarīkā Ashram
MBK: 1.27: Bhīma Meets Hanumān
MBK: 1.28: Kuvera Offended
MBK: 1.29: Arjuna Returns
MBK: 1.30: Kṛṣṇa Visits the Pāṇḍavas
MBK: 1.31: The Fight with the Gandharvas
MBK: 1.32: Sage Durvāsā
MBK: 1.33: Jayadratha Kidnaps Draupadī
MBK: 1.34: The Lake of Death
MBK: 1.35: Into Virata
MBK: 1.36: Draupadī Again Insulted
MBK: 1.37: The Kurus Attack Virata
MBK: 1.38: Arjuna Encounters the Kurus
MBK: 1.39: The Battle at Virata
MBK: 1.40: Out of Exile
MBK: 1.41: The Kings Choose Sides
MBK: 1.42: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Message
MBK: 1.43: Anxiety for the Blind King
MBK: 1.44: Panic Among the Kauravas
MBK: 1.45: The Pāṇḍavas Consult Kṛṣṇa
MBK: 1.46: Kṛṣṇa’s Peace Mission
MBK: 1.47: Duryodhana’s Obstinacy
MBK: 1.48: To Kurukṣetra

MBK: 2.1: The Armies Prepare
MBK: 2.2: Śikhaṇḍī’s Destiny
MBK: 2.3: Into Position
MBK: 2.4: The Bhagavad-gītā
MBK: 2.5: The War Begins
MBK: 2.6: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Fear
MBK: 2.7: Bhīṣma Wreaks Havoc
MBK: 2.8: The Rākṣasas Show Their Power
MBK: 2.9: Bhīṣma’s Vow
MBK: 2.10: Kṛṣṇa Protects His Devotee
MBK: 2.11: Yudhiṣṭhira Approaches Bhīṣma
MBK: 2.12: The Fall of Bhīṣma
MBK: 2.13: Droṇa in Command
MBK: 2.14: “Yudhiṣṭhira Will Be Captured”
MBK: 2.15: Abhimanyu’s Incomparable Power
MBK: 2.16: Arjuna’s Great Vow
MBK: 2.17: Arjuna Slaughters the Kauravas
MBK: 2.18: Kṛṣṇa’s Mystic Power
MBK: 2.19: The Kauravas Rally
MBK: 2.20: The Night Battle
MBK: 2.21: Dṛṣṭadyumna Encounters Droṇa
MBK: 2.22: The Nārāyaṇa Weapon
MBK: 2.23: Karṇa in Command
MBK: 2.24: Karṇa’s Prowess
MBK: 2.25: Arjuna Encounters Karṇa
MBK: 2.26: Śalya Leads the Kauravas
MBK: 2.27: Bhīma Fights Duryodhana
MBK: 2.28: Massacre by Night
MBK: 2.29: Aśvatthāmā Punished
MBK: 2.30: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Sorrow
MBK: 2.31: Bhīṣma’s Instructions
MBK: 2.32: Kṛṣṇa Returns to Dwārakā
MBK: 2.33: Yudhiṣṭhira’s Ashvamedha Sacrifice
MBK: 2.34: Vidura Instructs Dhṛtarāṣṭra
MBK: 2.35: The Pāṇḍavas Retire

The following are appendices to the book:

Appendix 1: Karṇa’s Birth
Appendix 2: Karṇa Cursed
Appendix 3: Bhīṣma’s Heavenly Origin
Appendix 4: Questions Posed by Dharma to Yudhiṣṭhira
Appendix 5: Brief Biographies of Main Characters
Author’s Note