The
\nMaha-Bharata
\n(As It Is)<\/p>\n
Vol. 1 of 2<\/p>\n
By Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa
\n\u2003<\/p>\n
\u2003<\/p>\n
Table of Contents<\/p>\n
Table of Contents\t5
\nOffering obeisances and asking for blessings\t11
\nIntroduction\t13
\nWhy did you write the Maha-bharata?\t13
\nSome notes from scholars and friends\t14
\nWhy not the full book?\t15
\nSanskrit terms\t16
\nWe dedicate this work\t16
\nAbout errors\u2026\t16
\nAcknowledgements\t17
\nAdi Parva\t19
\nSuta\u2019s Arrival\t19
\nSuta Begins to Tell\t20
\nThe Snakes Are Cursed\t21
\nAfter the Death of king Pariksit\t24
\nThe Alarmed Nagas\t25
\nJanamejaya\u2019s Snake Sacrifice\t29
\nAstika\u2019s Arrival\t31
\nThe Narration of the Maha-bharata Begins\t33
\nThe Emergency Caused by the Asuras\t35
\nShantanu and Bhishma\t38
\nShantanu y Ganga\t39
\nShantanu Meets His Second Wife\t46
\nAmba\u2019s Story\t49
\nVyasa Begets Three Children\t54
\nKunti and the Son of the Sun\t58
\nPandu is Cursed\t60
\nThe Birth of the Pandavas\t61
\nThe Birth of Dhritarastra’s Children\t63
\nPandu’s Death\t64
\nBaleful Prediction\t66
\nThe First Attack\t67
\nDrona\u2019s Arrival\t74
\nThe Story of Drona and Drupada\t76
\nEkalavya, the Nishada\t78
\nThe Story of Karna\t81
\nThe Tournament\t85
\nDrona\u2019s Revenge\t89
\nThe Conspiracy\t91
\nThe Events of Varanavata\t94
\nThe Rakshasa Brothers\t96
\nAt Ekachakra\t103
\nThe News Of the Tournament\t107
\nDraupadi\u2019s Svayamvara\t109
\nThe Meeting Of the Pandavas With Krishna\t117
\nThe Apparent Reconciliation\t118
\nThe Division Of the Kingdom\t122
\nArjuna Goes On a Pilgrimage\t125
\nArjuna and Subhadra\t129
\nThe Burning of the Khandava Forest\t131
\nSabha Parva\t135
\nThe Construction of the Sabha\t135
\nJarasandha’s Story\t137
\nThe Pandavas\u2019 Military Campaign\t142
\nKrishna and Sishupala\t145
\nDuryodhana Is Humiliated\t150
\nThe Diabolical Plan\t152
\nThe Invitation\t154
\nThe Dice Game\t156
\nThe Insults to Draupadi\t160
\nInsult After Insult\t165
\nThe Game Continued\t171
\nVana Parva\t173
\nIn the Kamyaka Forest\t173
\nMaitreya’s Curse\t177
\nIn Dvaitavana\t180
\nArjuna’s Departure\t183
\nThe Meeting With Shiva\t185
\nArjuna In the Celestial Planets\t188
\nThe Pilgrimage to Mandara\t192
\nOn the Peaks Of the Himalayas\t194
\nBhima Meets Hanuman\t195
\nArjuna\u2019s Return\t201
\nNahusha\u2019 Story\t202
\nThe Return to Kamyaka\t205
\nDuryodhana Is Defeated and Humiliated\t207
\nThe Desperate Decision\t210
\nDuryodhana\u2019s Rajasuya\t211
\nJayadratha’s Misadventure\t213
\nThe Mysterious Lake\t217
\nVirata Parva\t221
\nThe Beginning of Anonymity\t221
\nKarna’s Dream\t225
\nIndra Asks for Charity\t227
\nKichaka’s Insults\t229
\nThe Terror of the Gandharvas Spreads\t234
\nHastinapura\u2019s Council\t236
\nSusharma’s Attack\t238
\nArjuna Defeats the Kurus\t239
\nThe Secret Was Revealed\t245
\nAbhimanyu’s Wedding\t250
\nGlossary\t253<\/p>\n
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Offering obeisances and asking for blessings
\nmukam karoti vacalam
\npangum langhayate girim
\nyat krpa tam aham vande
\nsri gurum dina-taranam
\nI offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns a dumb into an eloquent person, and unable the lame to cross the mountains.
\nnama om visnu-padaya krsna-presthaya bhu-tale
\nsrimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
\nI offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
\nnamas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine
\nirvisesa-sunyavadi-pascatya-desa-tarine
\nOur respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.<\/p>\n
Without him the Maha-bharata would not have been read nor would we have been able to tell it later. Therefore this edition of the Maha-bharata exists through his merit.<\/p>\n
All glories to His Divine Grace Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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