Mahabharata. Book Nine. Shalya. Volume 2

New York University Press, JJC Foundation, 2007. - 472 p.
ISBN: 978-0-8147-5737-6The Clay Sanskrit Library.
Edited and translated by Justin Meiland.
The original text is published in transliterated Sanskrit with parallel English translation.In one of the most famous passages in Mahabhárata, Duryódhana, the heroic but flawed king of the Káuravas, meets his end when he is dishonorably defeated in battle by his arch-enemy, Bhima. Framing a fascinating account of the sacred sites along the river Sarásvati, the duel poignantly portrays the downfall of a once great hero in the face of a new order governed by Krishna, in which the warrior code is brushed aside in order to ensure the predestined triumph of the Pándavas.