PENGUIN The Mahabharata (Box Set)

Dear Sir MadamI recently purchased the complete 10 volume set of the MAHABHARATA translated by BIBEK DEBROY Thanks for the excellent quality of printing and packing and also the good translation But certain ERRORS need to be ABSOLUTELY CORRECTED in the next edition In Volume 10 Page 682 the original shloka of the Bharata Savitri is dharmat arthascha kamascha sa kimartham na sevyate and the CORRECT translation should be Both Artha and Kama follow from dharma if so why is Dharma not followed and the INCORRECT translation by BIBEK DEBROY is If Dharma and Kama result from Artha why should one not pursue Artha In Volume 3 Pages 596 597 598 with regard to YAKSHA PRASHNA Three very important questions and answers are omitted 1 How is real Brahmanatva recognised 2 What is the greatest wonder and 3 What is the news But otherwise we are extremely grateful to BIBEK DEBROY for this massive undertaking REVIEW SUBMITTED BY SWAMI VEDANTANANDA PURI

Absolutely riveting. Although it is a translation of the unabridged version , the author adds his subtle nuances that keep it from going very dry . For me this is the best original version that there is of the greatest compilation ever.

This a great translation of the Mahabharata, following on the BORI edition exactly and without any interpretation and retelling by the author. Many other translations are a loose retelling with embellishments and additions such as Ramesh Menons fantasy-genre version. This is one is as close to the original Sanskrit as you can get and is very readable.Swestbooks, the seller was brilliant. Item arrived sooner than predicted, very reasonably priced and was well packaged. Would recommend seller and book both.

I have to clear doubts of some of the people here1. Description of number of pages is wrong in book info here . Actual number of pages is more than 5k as each book is at least 500 pages long .2. Quality of paper is good !3. Box arrived in perfectly fine condition and it had even transparent plastic paper covering on it .4. Every book is big enough so that it can be read without any issue .Now if you check number of pages in seperate book online and number of pages of same book from set , they are slightly less but I think content is same in both books .If you buy each book individually it will cost you more than 6k and 3500 is best price you can get (with Amazon prime trial , it got delivered for free in two days for me ).So don't doubt ! Go for it ! I am very happy and now my inner Mahabharata geek can dive into these amazing books !

Packaging is very sturdy.Buy the books only of you are extremely interested in reading the longer version of mahabharata.