Introduction The epoch: five thousand years ago; the place: a quiet and luxuriant forest of India; the setting: a conclave of holy ascetics. Suta Gosvami, a young yet already renowned sage arrives. The ascetics ask about his last pilgrimages and Suta tells of having witnessed a great sacrifice, during which Vaishampayana, one of the disciples of the famous Vyasa, tells the wonderful story called Maha-bharata. Saunaka asks Suta to faithfully repeat everything he has heard, and the latter willingly accepts. Thus began the Maha-bharata of Vyasa, one of the most magnificent works that humanity has ever seen.
Index of Vol. 1
Table of Contents 5
Offering obeisances and asking for blessings 11
Introduction 13
Why did you write the Maha-bharata? 13
Some notes from scholars and friends 14
Why not the full book? 15
Sanskrit terms 16
We dedicate this work 16
About errors… 16
Acknowledgements 17
Adi Parva 19
Suta’s Arrival 19
Suta Begins to Tell 20
The Snakes Are Cursed 21
After the Death of king Pariksit 24
The Alarmed Nagas 25
Janamejaya’s Snake Sacrifice 29
Astika’s Arrival 31
The Narration of the Maha-bharata Begins 33
The Emergency Caused by the Asuras 35
Shantanu and Bhishma 38
Shantanu y Ganga 39
Shantanu Meets His Second Wife 46
Amba’s Story 49
Vyasa Begets Three Children 54
Kunti and the Son of the Sun 58
Pandu is Cursed 60
The Birth of the Pandavas 61
The Birth of Dhritarastra’s Children 63
Pandu’s Death 64
Baleful Prediction 66
The First Attack 67
Drona’s Arrival 74
The Story of Drona and Drupada 76
Ekalavya, the Nishada 78
The Story of Karna 81
The Tournament 85
Drona’s Revenge 89
The Conspiracy 91
The Events of Varanavata 94
The Rakshasa Brothers 96
At Ekachakra 103
The News Of the Tournament 107
Draupadi’s Svayamvara 109
The Meeting Of the Pandavas With Krishna 117
The Apparent Reconciliation 118
The Division Of the Kingdom 122
Arjuna Goes On a Pilgrimage 125
Arjuna and Subhadra 129
The Burning of the Khandava Forest 131
Sabha Parva 135
The Construction of the Sabha 135
Jarasandha’s Story 137
The Pandavas’ Military Campaign 142
Krishna and Sishupala 145
Duryodhana Is Humiliated 150
The Diabolical Plan 152
The Invitation 154
The Dice Game 156
The Insults to Draupadi 160
Insult After Insult 165
The Game Continued 171
Vana Parva 173
In the Kamyaka Forest 173
Maitreya’s Curse 177
In Dvaitavana 180
Arjuna’s Departure 183
The Meeting With Shiva 185
Arjuna In the Celestial Planets 188
The Pilgrimage to Mandara 192
On the Peaks Of the Himalayas 194
Bhima Meets Hanuman 195
Arjuna’s Return 201
Nahusha’ Story 202
The Return to Kamyaka 205
Duryodhana Is Defeated and Humiliated 207
The Desperate Decision 210
Duryodhana’s Rajasuya 211
Jayadratha’s Misadventure 213
The Mysterious Lake 217
Virata Parva 221
The Beginning of Anonymity 221
Karna’s Dream 225
Indra Asks for Charity 227
Kichaka’s Insults 229
The Terror of the Gandharvas Spreads 234
Hastinapura’s Council 236
Susharma’s Attack 238
Arjuna Defeats the Kurus 239
The Secret Was Revealed 245
Abhimanyu’s Wedding 250
Glossary 253
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