The difficulty of being good
Subtitle: on the subtle art of dharma
By: by Gurcharan Das.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199754410
Subjects: Mahābhārata -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Mahābhārata -- Characters; Dharma
Notes: Originally published: New Delhi : Allen Lane ; New York : Penguin Group (USA), 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude : I take an academic holiday; title: Duryodhana's envy : "what man of mettle will stand to see his rivals prosper and himself decline"; title: Draupadi's courage : "who did you lose first, yourself or me?"; title: Yudhisthira's duty : "I act because I must"; title: Arjuna's despair : "there are no victors in war"; title: Bhishma's selflessness : "be intent on the act, not its fruits"; title: Karna's status anxiety : "how could a doe give birth to this tiger?"; title: Krishna's guile : "that is the way it is!"; title: Aswatthama's revenge : "now I feel the whirligig of time"; title: Yudhisthira's remorse : "this victory looks more like defeat to me"; title: Mahabharata's dharma : "great king, you weep with all creatures"; title: Conclusion : the difficulty of being good; title: Appendix : dharma, the story of a word; title: A short bibliographic essay.