Das, Gurcharan. <br/><br/>
The difficulty of being good :  on the subtle art of dharma / 
Gurcharan Das. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2010. 
 - lii, 434 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: New Delhi : Allen Lane ; New York : Penguin Group (USA), 2009. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-328) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prelude: I take an academic holiday -- Duryodhana's envy: "what man of mettle will stand to see his rivals prosper and himself decline" -- Draupadi's courage: "who did you lose first, yourself or me?" -- Yudhisthira's duty: "I act because I must" -- Arjuna's despair: "there are no victors in war" -- Bhishma's selflessness: "be intent on the act, not its fruits" -- Karna's status anxiety: "how could a doe give birth to this tiger?" -- Krishna's guile: "that is the way it is!" -- Aswatthama's revenge: "now I feel the whirligig of time" -- Yudhisthira's remorse: "this victory looks more like defeat to me" -- Mahabharata's dharma: "great king, you weep with all creatures" -- Conclusion: the difficulty of being good -- Appendix: dharma, the story of a word -- A short bibliographic essay. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199754410 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010009508 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Mahābhārata--Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>Mahābhārata--Characters.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Dharma.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL1138.27  / .D37 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.5/923