🪷 Mahābhārata · 8.21.13
Karṇa-Parva · The Book of Karṇa · Chapter 21 · Verse 13
Place in the Mahābhārata
- This is verse 13 of Chapter 21 in Karṇa-Parva (Parva 8 of 18)
- Parva theme: War days 16-17 · Karṇa-Arjuna duel · Bhīma-Duḥśāsana · Karṇa's fall
- Total verses in this Parva: 3,871
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Sources and Connected Readings
Continue from this śloka to its chapter and Parva, its Bhagavad-Gītā reading when it belongs to Bhīṣma-Parva 23-40, and other closely connected Vyāsa passages.
MBh 8.21.13local per-verse Mahābhārata source routeMBh 8.21parent chapter route for local contextKarṇa-Parvaparent Parva chapter index/mahabharata18-parva Sanskrit reading index with edition and address notesBhīṣma-ParvaMahābhārata Parva 6 · the Gītā lives in chapters 23-40MBh 6.23Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 1 in its Itihāsa homeMBh 6.40Bhagavad-Gītā chapter 18 in its Itihāsa homeRāmopākhyānaVana-Parva 258 · Vyāsa narrates the Rāma-kathā inside Krishna's epicNārāyaṇīyamŚānti-Parva 335 · Nārāyaṇa/Krishna/Viṣṇu/Vāsudeva unity witness/bhagavad-gitadeep Gītā corpus with translations, commentaries, and verse-level anchorsBG 1.1Dharma-kṣetra opening cross-anchored to MBh 6.23.1BG 18.66Carama-Śloka surrender seal inside the Bhīṣma-Parva arcVyāsa vibhūtiBG 10.37 · Krishna names Vyāsa among munisBG 10.37Vyāsa and Dhanañjaya as Krishna-vibhūti source routeŚB 1.2.11Brahman · Paramātmā · Bhagavān as one advaya-tattvaŚB 1.3.28kṛṣṇas tu bhagavān svayam · Vyāsa corpus source seal/binduDiamond of Darśanas · Itihāsa as one Bindu aperture/philosophyKrishna = Paramaatma = Parabrahman constitutional foundation
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