Volume IV — Bhishma Parva

The First Ten Days — and the Bhagavad Gita

The geography of the world, the Bhagavad Gita spoken between the armies, and the first ten days of the war under Bhishma’s command, ending with the grandsire on his bed of arrows.

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Chapters

1 34 verses

JAMBUKHANDA VINIRMANA PARVA Placing of soldiers in the Jambukhanda
2 31 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — Meeting with Vyasa in the Jambukhanda
3 80 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — Various indications of the Jambukhanda
4 20 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — Description of earth's attributes
5 16 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — The description of Sudarshana dvipa
6 52 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — Description of earth's measures
7 27 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — Description of Malyavat
8 16 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — Words of Dhritarashtra
9 15 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — Description of Bharata
10 12 verses

Jambukhanda Vinirmana Parva — Description of the duration of life in Bharatavarsha
11 35 verses

Bhumi Parva — Description of Shakadvipa
12 39 verses

Bhumi Parva — The Uttara Kurus in the Bhumi
13 12 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — The news of Bhishma's death
14 54 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Dhritarashtra's queries
15 16 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Colloquy between Duryodhana and Dushasana
16 12 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Description of the troops
17 18 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Description of the troops
18 37 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Description of the troops
19 14 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Description of troops
20 36 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — The array of the Pandava troops
21 18 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Description of troops
22 16 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Colloquy between Arjuna and Yudhishthira
23 14 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Colloquy between Krishna and Arjuna
24 25 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Hymn to Durga
25 6 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Colloquy between Dhritarashtra and Sanjaya
26 44 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Arjuna's dejection of mind
27 71 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Arjuna's dejection of mind
28 43 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Arjuna's dejection of mind
29 42 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Arjuna's dejection of mind
30 27 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Renunciation of action
31 45 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Subjugation of Self
32 30 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Knowledge together with Science
33 26 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — About Indestructible Brahman
34 33 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Chief science and the Chief mystery
35 42 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Emanations and mystic powers
36 54 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Vision of Divine Form
37 18 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — greatness of Devotion
38 33 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Descriptions of Kshetra & Kshetrajna
39 27 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Three qualities of Nature
40 19 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Description of Eternal power
41 23 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — God-like and demoniac creation
42 28 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva — Three kinds of Faith
43 77 verses

Bhagavadgita Parva
44 95 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Honour of Bhishma and others by Yudhisthira
45 22 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva
46 67 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The single combats
47 36 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The great slaughter
48 56 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The fight with Civet
49 84 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The death of Shveta,
50 41 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — First day's battle
51 50 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Krauncha Vyuha making of the Pandavas
52 19 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Making Kuru Vyuha
53 35 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Fight between Bhishma and Arjuna
54 37 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Fight between Dhrishtadyumna and Drona
55 89 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The death of the Kalinga king
56 38 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Second day of the battle
57 21 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Garuda and half-moon Vyuha making
58 28 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Commencement of the third day's battle
59 42 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Colloquy between Bhishma and Duryodhana
60 94 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Third day's battle
61 29 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Bhishma and Arjuna's single combat
62 32 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Slaughter of the son of Samyamani
63 57 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Display of Bhima's prowess
64 29 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Encounter between Satyaki and Bhurishravas
65 68 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Withdrawal of the troops at the end of the fourth day's combat
66 70 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The eulogy to Vishnu,
67 41 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The story of the world's creation,
68 21 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Nativity and glory of Keshava
69 19 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The glory of Krishna
70 32 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The commencement of the fifth day's fight
71 26 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The fierce fight
72 32 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The fierce fight
73 28 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Prowess of Bhishma
74 37 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Single combats
75 29 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — End of the fifth day's fight
76 30 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Commencement of the sixty day's fight
77 20 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The thoughts of Dhritarashtra
78 62 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Prowess of Drona
79 16 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Prowess of Bhima
80 8 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The fierce fight
81 60 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Withdrawal of the force after the Sixth day's fight
82 19 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Colloquy between Bhishma and Duryodhana
83 43 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Commencement of the seventh day's battle
84 56 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The single combats,
85 55 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The single combats,
86 52 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Encounter between Arjuna and Susharma
87 36 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Breaking of Chitrasena's car
88 57 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Withdrawal of the troops after the seventh day's fight,
89 40 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Commencement of the eighth day's combat
90 43 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Slaughter of Adityaketu and others
91 38 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Eighth day's fight
92 86 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Slaughter of Iravat
93 26 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Fight of Hidimba's son
94 41 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Fight of Hidimba's son
95 42 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Fight of Hidimba's son
96 50 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Display of illusion by Hidimba's son
97 80 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Prowess of Bhagadatta
98 76 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Withdrawal of the forces in the eighth day's fight
99 36 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Colloquy between Bhishma and Duryodhana,
100 49 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Colloquy between Duryodhana and Dusshasana
101 30 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Sighting of omens
102 52 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Commencement of the ninth day's fight
103 56 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The encounter between Drona and Arjuna
104 37 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Prowess of Bhima,
105 46 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — General engagement
106 35 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Combat between Bhishma and Satyaki,
107 32 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Encounter between Shalya and Yudhishthira
108 57 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Termination of the ninth day's battle
109 100 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Consultation after the withdrawal of troops from the ninth day's fight
110 56 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Interchange of words between Bhishma and Shikhandin
111 39 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Colloquy between Bhishma and Duryodhana
112 41 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The encounter between Arjuna and Dushasana
113 44 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Single-combats between the hostile heroes
114 38 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The colloquy between Drona and Ashvathama,
115 40 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The prowess of Bhimasena
116 43 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The prowess of Bhishma and Arjuna
117 41 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The advice of Bhishma
118 48 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The dreadful battle and carnage
119 55 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The fierce battle and carnage
120 43 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The prowess of Bhishma
121 109 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Falling of Bhishma,
122 28 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Giving of a pillow to Bhishma
123 55 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — The counsel of Bhishma
124 36 verses

Bhishma-Vadha Parva — Meeting of Bhishma and Karna