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A character in this work is born after the sperm of a sage is collected in a clay pot. In this work, a miner is sent to help some characters dig a tunnel out of a flammable palace made of wax. (-5[1])One character in this work is challenged (-5[1])to shoot an artificial fish by looking at its (*) reflection (10[1])in oil below. A group of brothers in this work are forced to go (10[1])into exile for 13 years (-5[2])after (10[1])Yudhishthira (10[3])loses a game of dice to Shakuni. This epic centers on Arjuna, who fights (10[1])for the Pandavas against the Kauravas in the Kurukshetra (“koo-ruk-SHET-ruh”) War. For 10 points, name this Hindu epic attributed to Vyasa which contains the Bhagavad Gita. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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