Maha-bharata

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 A summary, from Pandu on   Sauti Duryodhana is like a great tree created out of anger, Kama is its trunk; Shakuni is its branches; Dushasana its fruit … Read More

Adhyaya 1 Different editions of the Maha-bharata   Sauti Vyasa originally compiled the Bharata, exclusive of episodes, in twenty-four thousand verses and this much only is called by the learned as the real Bharata. 101 He … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 When Maha-bharata was published   Sauti Requested by his own mother and the son of Ganga, Bhishma, the mighty and holy Krishna Dvaipayana became the father of three … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 Maha-bharata as a tree   Sauti This work is a tree, of which the Adhyaya of contents is the seed ; the divisions called Pauloma and Astika are … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 Vyasa composes Maha-bharata   Sauti said: And innumerable creatures and their abodes. There were produced the three fold Mysteries, the Vedas, Yoga and Vijnana: Dharma, Artha and Kama. … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 Short description of creation   In this universe, when there was no brightness and no light and when all was enveloped in darkness, there came into being a … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 Sauti begins narrating   Sauti then said Bowing (most reverentially) my head to the original first being Ishana, who is adored by all and to whom all make … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 Questions by the sages Seeing that he had comfortably seated and observing that he had some rest after the fatigue, one of the Rishis started the conversation, saying, … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Adhyaya 1 The arrival of Sauti narayanam namaskritya naram caiva narottamam devim sarasvatim caiva tato jayam udirayet “Before reciting this Maha-bharata, which is the very means of conquest, one should … Read More

Go to Maha-bharata, Adi Parva, Index Anukramanika Parva. 1-22 Sauti’s arrival at the forest of Naimisha; The desire of the Rishis to hear the Mahabharata: Invocation to Isana; The order of creation; Vyasa’s desire to publish … Read More