The Mahabharata Volume 3: Book 4: The Book of the Virata; Book 5: The Book of the Effort
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The Mahabharata an ancient and vast Sanskrit poem is a remarkable collection of epics legends romances theology and ethical and metaphysical doctrine. The core of this great work is the epic struggle between five heroic brothers the Pandavas and their one hundred contentious cousins for rule of the land. This is the third volume of van Buitenens acclaimed translation of the definitive Poona edition of the text. Book 4 The Book of Virata begins as a burlesque but the mood soon darkens amid molestation raids and Arjunas battle with the principal heroes of the enemy. Book 5 The Book of the Effort relates the attempts of the Pandavas to negotiate the return of their patrimony. They are refused so much as a "pinprick of land " and both parties finally march to battle.
