“Astonishing. . . . [Satyamurti’s Mahabharata ] brings [the] past alive . . . as though it were a novel in finely crafted verse.”?Vinay Dharwadker Originally composed approximately two thousand years ago, the Mahabharata tells the story of a royal dynasty, descended from gods, whose feud over their kingdom results in a devastating war. But it contains much more than conflict. An epic mast…