Mahabharata Podcast
This podcast is for anyone interested in the Epic Literature of India, its spiritual philosophies, the life and background of Krishna, and all the fascinating stories from the great epic The Mahabharata.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2012
Episode 100 - Summing up
Episode 100 - I've put together my review of the epic, in its totality. I discuss the strange way in which the epic goes into fine detail on some parts of the story, and breezes over others. Some o…
Thu 12 Apr 2012
Episode 99 - Epilogue 2: The Snake Sacrifice
Episode 99 - This is the final piece that brings us around, back to the beginning. We covered some of this territory before, back in Episode 2, but at the time, it was hard to explain that Parikshit…
Wed 28 Mar 2012
Episode 98 - Epilogue 1: The Beginning
Episode 98 - This is the first of two episodes that take us from the death of the Pandavas down to the Snake Sacrifice, held by Arjun's great-grandson. We skimmed over this back at the beginning of …
Thu 22 Mar 2012
Episode 97 - The End
Episode 97 - So this is it-- the final installment from the Mahabharata. Book 18, the Svargarohanika Parva, is done, and the 18 parvas of the Mahabharata are now complete. Please be sure to visit my…
Fri 16 Mar 2012
Episode 96 - The Death of the Pandavas
Episode 96 - Arjun returns home with some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that they have lost their powers and have lost their friends. The good news is that they finally get to retire…
Thu 15 Mar 2012
Episode 95 - Arjuna's Defeat
Episode 95 - Krishna is dead. Balaram is dead. The city of Dwarka sinks beneath the waves, and the refugees of that once-great city are making their way to Indraprastha with only Arjun as their pro…
Tue 13 Mar 2012
Episode 94 - The Kali Yuga
Episode 94 - The Dark Age is now unquestionably upon us. The elder Kurus, living austere lives in the forest, found themselves consumed by a forest fire of their own creation. Let this be a lesson …
Tue 06 Mar 2012
Episode 93 - The Ashwamedha Sacrifice
Episode 93 - The white horse returns home, only to be tied to a post, killed, & cut up into little pieces. The priests do their best to follow the old rules, but there's no way Draupadi is going to …
Tue 28 Feb 2012
Episode 92 - The Anugita and the Wayward Stallion
Episode 92 - This is another eventful episode. Krishna & Arjun take a break and go on a leisure trip to Indraprastha, where it appears Arjun is king. Both heroes have forgotten the Gita, so Krishna…
Tue 21 Feb 2012
Episode 91 - The Death of Bhisma
Episode 91 - We get treated to a last handful of the Final Teachings, and then Bhisma dies. The poor guy set quite an objective for himself. It must have been mid autumn when he was shot through wi…
Wed 15 Feb 2012
Episode 90 - The Final Teachings, part 2
Episode 90 - A few more stories from Bhisma's final teachings. We learn that Vyasa had a son, named Suka, who really did not seem to be pleased to be born. And Bhisma himself tells us what he reall…
Tue 07 Feb 2012
Episode 89 - The Final Teachings, part 1
Episode 89 - For some reason, the first three full-fledged stories from the Anusasana Parva all center around a Banian tree. They also share the theme of low-caste hunters and their cruelty. Remar…
Wed 01 Feb 2012
Episode 88 - The Book of Peace
Episode 88 - This episode begins the voluminous Last Teachings of Bhisma. As Bhisma lies on his bed of arrows, the Pandavas, Krishna & Satyaki gather around to listen. Yuddistira poses the question…
Thu 12 Jan 2012
Episode 87 - Rama's Famous Genocide
Episode 87 - Yuddistira is finally convinced that he should remain king, and he gets down to business. He marches straight to the palace and has himself anointed and consecrated. He appoints his co…
Wed 28 Dec 2011
Episode 86 - To be (king), or not to be...
Episode 86 - It seems like Yuddistira always had a secret desire to give up the world and live like a sadhu. But now he has a pretty good justification-- after all, he even killed his elder brother.…
Wed 21 Dec 2011
Episode 85 - Remembering Karna
Episode 85 - We begin the Book of Peace, the Shanti Parva. After boasting to his uncle about his special clairvoyant powers, Yuddistira is blindsided by the news that he & Karna shared the same moth…
Wed 14 Dec 2011
Episode 84 - The Book of the Women
Episode 84 - Vidur & Vyasa tell a few parables to help Dhrtarastra pull himself together. When the king is finally pacified, he leads all the bereaved women of Hastinapur in a great procession to de…
Wed 07 Dec 2011
Episode 83 - Daksha's Sacrifice
Episode 83 - The brothers learn of the massacre of their sons & allies, and summon Draupadi to break the news. As usual, all she wants is revenge. Thus the Pandavas go off on one final mission to a…
Tue 29 Nov 2011
Episode 82 - Blowback
Episode 82 - Well, it seems there is no end to the tit for tat revenge cycle that Duryodhana forced into motion so long ago. Now that he has been defeated, his survivors seek revenge for his fall. …
Tue 22 Nov 2011
Episode 81 - Downfall
Episode 81 - So this is it; the moment everyone has been waiting for. Ever since Episode 7 when Duryodhana was born, he has finally received his well-deserved defeat. But even as he falls, the fing…
Mon 14 Nov 2011
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