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The Stranger in the Arena
October 29, 2026 · 32 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 25: a stranger walks into a tournament he was never invited to, a crown handed over in a moment, the fee a teacher has waited years to name, and a king who cannot sleep. About half an hour…
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October 28, 2026 · 30 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 24: a ball at the bottom of a well, a friend who forgot, a teacher who asks his pupils one question, a prince in the forest asked for a gift nobody should have to give, and a bird's eye…
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The Boy in the River
October 27, 2026 · 30 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 23: five boys come home to a city in mourning, a cousin who wants one of them gone, a boy who wakes at the bottom of a river among the snakes, and the teachers who will make them warriors…
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Five Sons and a Spring Day
October 26, 2026 · 29 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 22: a queen's old story on a mountain of a hundred peaks, three gods called by an old charm, a sky full of guests nobody can see, five brothers born, and a spring day that ends in sorrow…
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The Hundred Jars and the Stag
October 25, 2026 · 30 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 21: a queen who waited too long and a hundred jars put away in a hidden place, a stag who was not what he seemed, and a king who gave away his jewels and walked into the mountains. About…
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Three Princes and a Girl Who Called the Sun
October 24, 2026 · 29 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 20: a silent sage under a tree and the question that cost him dearly, three princes born in one royal house by three different roads, a bride who ties a cloth over her eyes, and a girl who…
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A Promise Made on the Day He Was Born
October 23, 2026 · 28 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 19: a royal family with no king and no heir, three sisters carried off from a wedding hall, a vow that will not bend, and a mother who at last sends for the son who promised to come whenever…
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The Eighth Son and the Great Vow
October 22, 2026 · 28 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 18: the woman by the river sets her terms for a marriage and holds the king to them. Then the reason, a sage's cow on a golden mountain, a prince who holds back a river with arrows, and the…
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A King Asks for His Family
October 21, 2026 · 29 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 17: a young king asks for his own family's story, first in a breath and then properly. A king in heaven stares at the queen of rivers, an old king finds her sitting on the wrong knee, and a…
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The Man Who Fell Out of Heaven
October 20, 2026 · 29 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 16: a king in heaven answers one question with too much pride, and falls. On the way down he stops above a sacrifice on earth, where his own grandsons, not knowing him, ask him everything…
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The Thousand Borrowed Years
October 19, 2026 · 31 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 15: a king walks out of the trees into the same wood twice, marries one woman and loves another, and is cursed with old age. Four sons will not take it from him; the youngest will. A…
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The Secret in the Teacher's Cup
October 18, 2026 · 30 minThe Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Night 14: the gods send a young student to learn the secret of bringing back the dead from their rivals' priest. Again and again he is killed and brought back, the last time from inside his…
About the show
The Mahabharata, told one night at a time. Slow bedtime retellings of the great epic, taken from its old English translations and read by the Night Reader over soft music. About half an hour a night; each night is complete in itself and ends calmly. The sources are listed in every episode's notes. Myths are told as myths. Relaxation, not medical advice.
Narrated by Sanvi.