the need for improvement:
the version of mahabharata that we have starts with the story in "the forest of Naimisha" when "Ugrasrava, the son of Lomaharshana," met sages at the twelve years' sacrifice of Saunaka. HOWEVER there are several indications that this is not the mahabharata firstly internally the m' was "told in its entirety" at the snake sacrifice and that section is later and that is the real mahab'.
around it more was added.
tradition teaches that the beginning of the expanded mahab' is on page 207 of our version meaning the introduction is 207 pages until the king santanu.
evidence to support this claim is that in the section summarizing the mahabharata in section 2 named Sangraha, it has "detailed summaries" of ancient parts and books but much less for the sections before santanu. for example santanu is in the section Sambhava and from samb' the section provides summaries for the ancient expanded mahab' but for the introduction added the author did not write only as they added pausha and pauluma they added the NAME as we see on p.17 "The first section is called Anukramanika; the second, Sangraha; then Paushya; then Pauloma; the Astika". only names similarly in the part with summary we notice the difference only NAMES until samba! and only wrote summary for the older contents starting in samba compare in this quotation "In the Adi parva are contained Paushya, Pauloma, Astika, Adivansavatara, Samva, the burning of the house of lac" which IS "Jatugrihadaha (setting fire to the house of lac)" however "the slaying of Hidimba" is the later section "Hidimbabadha (the killing of Hidimba)".
to fix these problems i will need to blend several paragraphs to provide a summary of the introduction which is missing.
****we see the summary did write for contents of samba' however when they added intro it was merely introduction so they only mentioned the name of the added section not its contents.
after specifying that the intro is not even part of the expanded mahab' now somebody can provide a summary of those section and since the mahab' itself starts its summary paushya i will fll in the missing sections.
__fixing missing
the MAIN thing to fix is the summary starts pausha p. 19 yet names previous sections before paushaon p. 17 ergo i fix that now.
book one adi parva
section one has a name: on p.17 "The first section is called Anukramanika; the second, Sangraha; then Paushya; then Pauloma."
Anukramanika
summary of anuk':
in the Naimisa forest, Sage Saunaka was performing a sacrifice that would continue until 12 years. ascetics were gathered there, when Ugrasravas came. ug' was a teller for tales. the sages asked for the story of the Mahabharata at the snake sacrifice. Ugrasravas [merely] inroduced the Mahabharata.
Sage Vyasa [who shared the name krishna with other krishnas] saw the first egg from which gods and men exited. he knew the four Vedas.
the story is both related concisely [in section 2 no name in some versions] before the detailed stories. by denying himself pleasures he accurately saw the stories. when Vyasa wanted to teach it, a god came, he was brahma who had the purpose of Creator, [huh? this section puts isa as more purposes later divided to vishnu and siva coincidently "isa" is the same ancient name of jesus who the author believed in as the one god who others called by three names as indicated in this section] who "cared for"= sustainer all. Brahma advised him that the god Ganesha should write "what you say".
Ganesha came and wrote the epic.
Vyasa [kr' dw'], of the clan of the Bharats, bore 3 sons Dhritarashtra, Pandu. Vidura. After they died, Vyasa told the story of the Mahabharata. At the request of Janamejaya, Vaisampayana told it.
King Pandu visited sages in the forest for hunting. when he shot deer they were "an ascetic couple in the guise of deer". he dwelled in the forest until he died. his wife Madri entered his funeral pyre burning both.
** the book "around world in 80 days" referd to this as real hindu idea].
The ascetics led the Pandavas to Bhishma's care. The Pandavas learned weapons. they married Draupadi.
at Dharmaraja's sacrifice, Duryodhana felt jealous of the Pandavas's wealth. after one gambled and lost in the game of dice, the Pandavas went to the forest and later lived in disguise. at the end of the agreed time, Duryodhana refused to return their kingdom. For this reason, a war broke out between the Kauravas and the Pandavas. p' overcame Kauravas. Vidura consoled Dhritarashtra, who mourned his sons' death.
__second section has an internal name Sangraha
Sangraha
sangraha this section has a summary of the 18 parvas
sage Parusurama massacred the royal tribe 21 times. "He created five ponds with their blood and offered oblations of blood to his forefathers."
the numbers of the army. the battle was 18 days: For the Kauravas, Bhishma was the chief for ten days, Drona for five days, Karna for 2 days and Salya for half a day. one night, Aswatthama murderd the five sons of Pandavas.
+a summary of the 18 parvas.
one who recites or listens from others the Mahabharata, there is no need to take a dip in the Pushkara.
3. Paushya The Paushya parva treats of the greatness of Utanka, and the Pauloma, of the sons of Bhrigu.
Astika describes the birth of Garuda and of the Nagas (snakes), the churning of the ocean, the incidents relating to the birth of the celestial steed Uchchaihsrava, and finally, the dynasty of Bharata, as described in the Snake-sacrifice of king Janamejaya.
The Sambhava parva narrates etc. ...
WAIT
note: p.19 has after Astika: Adivansavatara but a few lines later astika is followed by samb' and the kings are in the end of astika! this also reveals additions even further from original.
Adivansavatarana x, Sambhava
"Sambhava of wonderful and thrilling incidents. "the birth of various kings and heroes, and that of the sage, Krishna Dwaipayana: the partial incarnations of deities, the generation of Danavas and Yakshas of great prowess, and serpents, Gandharvas, birds, and of all creatures; and lastly, of the life and adventures of king Bharata--the progenitor of the line that goes by his name--the son born of Sakuntala in the hermitage of the ascetic Kanwa. This parva also describes the greatness of Bhagirathi, and the births of the Vasus in the house of Santanu and their ascension to heaven. In this parva is also narrated the birth of Bhishma uniting in himself portions of the energies of the other Vasus, his renunciation of royalty and adoption of the Brahmacharya mode of life... leading to "slaying of hidimba p.20 but that is a different section quote: " then Hidimbabadha (the killing of Hidimba)"=and the slaying of her brother Hidimba by Bhima of great prowess.
what a mess. yet the sections are blurd.
Jatugriha
Jatugrihadaha (setting fire to the house of lac) and then Hidimbabadha (the killing of Hidimba). these sections were blurd.
we can compare on p.19 "In the Adi parva are contained Paushya, Pauloma, Astika, Adivansavatara, Samva, the burning of the house of lac, the slaying of Hidimba" which we now know from page 17 are later separate sections. but this list lacks two names anuk' and sangraha. it adds adiv' but the summary with details lacks adiv' as above.
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