MahabharataBhishma
Bhishma: who Bhishma is in the Mahabharata, in plain words.
Son of Shantanu and Ganga, who gave up the throne and married life by a vow to his father. A teacher of the Kuru princes, he fights for the Kauravas out of loyalty, teaches Yudhishthira from the bed of arrows, and chooses the time of his death.
See the whole story in eighteen books and the other characters.
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A retelling in our own words of a story told in many ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes. It is not a scholarly translation.