02080cam a2200361 a 4500 16124652 OSt 20260814094717.0 100308r20102009nyu b 001 0 eng 2010009508 9780199754410 pbk. : alk. paper 16124652 DLC KSG DLC BL1138.27 .D37 2010 294.5/923 22 Das, Gurcharan. The difficulty of being good : on the subtle art of dharma / Gurcharan Das. New York : Oxford University Press, 2010. lii, 434 p. ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Originally published: New Delhi : Allen Lane ; New York : Penguin Group (USA), 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 312-328) and index. 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. Mahābhārata Criticism, interpretation, etc. Mahābhārata Characters. Dharma. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 15970 15970 0 0 lcc 0 0 KSGNBO KSGNBO 2026-08-14 1 BL1138.27 .D37 2010 NRB50132 2026-09-30 2026-08-26 11:54:10 2026-08-26 2026-08-14 BK