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Spastic Cat Press The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Book 16 Mausala Parva by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is an epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kauravas and the Pandava princes as well as containing philosophical and devotional material such as a discussion of the four goals of life. Here we have Mausala Parva the sixteenth in which Krishna and Balarama die the Yadavas are destroyed the Yadava women mourne their dead husbands and Dwaraka the city of Krishna is submerged in the sea. Vyasa is a revered figure in Hindu traditions. He is a kalaAvatar or partincarnation of God Vishnu. Vyasa is sometimes conflated by some Vaishnavas with Badarayana the compiler of the Vedanta Sutras and considered to be one of the seven Chiranjivins. He is also the fourth member of the Rishi Parampara of the Advaita Guru Paramparā of which Adi Shankara is the chief proponent.show more