The Mahabharata

question 10

Multiple Choice

The Mahabharata:

• A) Is the world's longest poem, longer even than the Christian Bible.
• B) Provides guidance to those struggling with conflicting civil, social, and religious duties.
• C) Was not intended as a source of religious doctrine.
• D) Was designed primarily to give comfort to the "forest dwellers," those who had removed themselves from society in order to devote themselves to meditation.

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