The Mahabharata, Volume 8: Book 12, The Book of Peace, Part 2

A translation of the twelfth book of The Mah­­ābhārata, an epic tale of history and kingship, reinforced with legends, romances, and metaphysical, theological, and ethical teachings written in Sanskrit 1700 or more years ago.

A remarkable composition of 100,000 couplets, The Mah­­ābhārata is the second-longest poem in world literature. In this volume, James L. Fitzgerald completes his translation of the twelfth of The Mah­­ābhārata’s eighteen books, the vast Shanti Parvan, or The Book of P...