THE MAHABHARATA

of

Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

VOLUME 1

BOOKS 1 to 3

Translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text

by

Kisari Mohan Ganguli

[1883-1896]

The text file scanned at sacred-texts.com, 2003, and proofed at Distributed Proofing, Juliet Sutherland, Project Manager. Additional proofing and formatting of the text file at sacred-texts.com, by J. B. Hare.

[ FOOTNOTES ]

CONTENTS

[ TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE ]

[ THE MAHABHARATA ]

[ BOOK ONE ]

[ SECTION I ]

[ SECTION II ]

[ SECTION III ]

[ SECTION IV ]

[ SECTION V ]

[ SECTION VI ]

[ SECTION VII ]

[ SECTION VIII ]

[ SECTION IX ]

[ SECTION X ]

[ SECTION XI ]

[ SECTION XII ]

[ SECTION XIII ]

[ SECTION XIV ]

[ SECTION XV ]

[ SECTION XVI ]

[ SECTION XVII ]

[ SECTION XVIII ]

[ SECTION XIX ]

[ SECTION XX ]

[ SECTION XXI ]

[ SECTION XXII ]

[ SECTION XXIII ]

[ SECTION XXIV ]

[ SECTION XXV ]

[ SECTION XXVI ]

[ SECTION XXVII ]

[ SECTION XXVIII ]

[ SECTION XXIX ]

[ SECTION XXX ]

[ SECTION XXXI ]

[ SECTION XXXII ]

[ SECTION XXXIII ]

[ SECTION XXXIV ]

[ SECTION XXXV ]

[ SECTION XXXVI ]

[ SECTION XXXVII ]

[ SECTION XXXVIII ]

[ SECTION XXXIX ]

[ SECTION XL ]

[ SECTION XLI ]

[ SECTION XLII ]

[ SECTION XLIII ]

[ SECTION XLIV ]

[ SECTION XLV ]

[ SECTION XLVI ]

[ SECTION XLVII ]

[ SECTION XLVIII ]

[ SECTION XLIX ]

[ SECTION L ]

[ SECTION LI ]

[ SECTION LII ]

[ SECTION LIII ]

[ SECTION LIV ]

[ SECTION LV ]

[ SECTION LVI ]

[ SECTION LVII ]

[ SECTION LVIII ]

[ SECTION LIX ]

[ SECTION LX ]

[ SECTION LXI ]

[ SECTION LXII ]

[ SECTION LXIII ]

[ SECTION LXV ]

[ SECTION LXVI ]

[ SECTION LXVII ]

[ SECTION LXVIII ]

[ SECTION LXIX ]

[ SECTION LXX ]

[ SECTION LXXI ]

[ SECTION LXXII ]

[ SECTION LXXIII ]

[ SECTION LXXIV ]

[ SECTION LXXV ]

[ SECTION LXXVI ]

[ SECTION LXXVII ]

[ SECTION LXXVIII ]

[ SECTION LXXIX ]

[ SECTION LXXX ]

[ SECTION LXXXI ]

[ SECTION LXXXII ]

[ SECTION LXXXIII ]

[ SECTION LXXXIV ]

[ SECTION LXXXV ]

[ SECTION LXXXVI ]

[ SECTION LXXXVII ]

[ SECTION LXXXVIII ]

[ SECTION LXXXIX ]

[ SECTION XC ]

[ SECTION XCI ]

[ SECTION XCII ]

[ SECTION XCIII ]

[ SECTION XCIV ]

[ SECTION XCV ]

[ SECTION XCVI ]

[ SECTION XCVII ]

[ SECTION XCVIII ]

[ SECTION XCIX ]

[ SECTION C ]

[ SECTION CI ]

[ SECTION CII ]

[ SECTION CIII ]

[ SECTION CIV ]

[ SECTION CV ]

[ SECTION CVI ]

[ SECTION CVII ]

[ SECTION CVIII ]

[ SECTION CIX ]

[ SECTION CX ]

[ SECTION CXI ]

[ SECTION CXII ]

[ SECTION CXIII ]

[ SECTION CXIV ]

[ SECTION CXV ]

[ SECTION CXVI ]

[ SECTION CXVII ]

[ SECTION CXVIII ]

[ SECTION CXIX ]

[ SECTION CXX ]

[ SECTION CXXI ]

[ SECTION CXXII ]

[ SECTION CXXIII ]

[ SECTION CXXIV ]

[ SECTION CXXV ]

[ SECTION CXXVI ]

[ SECTION CXXVII ]

[ SECTION CXXVIII ]

[ SECTION CXXIX ]

[ SECTION CXXX ]

[ SECTION CXXXI ]

[ SECTION CXXXII ]

[ SECTION CXXXIII ]

[ SECTION CXXXIV ]

[ SECTION CXXXV ]

[ SECTION CXXXVI ]

[ SECTION CXXXVII ]

[ SECTION CXXXVIII ]

[ SECTION CXXXIX ]

[ SECTION CXL ]

[ SECTION CXLI ]

[ SECTION CXLII ]

[ SECTION CXLIII ]

[ SECTION CXLIV ]

[ SECTION CXLV ]

[ SECTION CXLVI ]

[ SECTION CXLVII ]

[ SECTION CXLVIII ]

[ SECTION CXLIX ]

[ SECTION CL ]

[ SECTION CLI ]

[ SECTION CLII ]

[ SECTION CLIII ]

[ SECTION CLIV ]

[ SECTION CLV ]

[ SECTION CLVI ]

[ SECTION CLVII ]

[ SECTION CLVIII ]

[ SECTION CLIX ]

[ SECTION CLX ]

[ SECTION CLXI ]

[ SECTION CLXII ]

[ SECTION CLXIII ]

[ SECTION CLXIV ]

[ SECTION CLXV ]

[ SECTION CLXVI ]

[ SECTION CLXVII ]

[ SECTION CLXVIII ]

[ SECTION CLXIX ]

[ SECTION CLXX ]

[ SECTION CLXXI ]

[ SECTION CLXXII ]

[ SECTION CLXXIII ]

[ SECTION CLXXIV ]

[ SECTION CLXXV ]

[ Section CLXXVII ]

[ SECTION CLXXVI ]

[ SECTION CLXXVIII ]

[ SECTION CLXXIX ]

[ SECTION CLXXX ]

[ SECTION CLXXXI ]

[ SECTION CLXXXII ]

[ SECTION CLXXXIII ]

[ SECTION CLXXXIV ]

[ SECTION CLXXXV ]

[ SECTION CLXXXVI ]

[ SECTION CLXXXVII ]

[ SECTION CLXXXVIII ]

[ SECTION CLXXXIX ]

[ SECTION CLXL ]

[ SECTION CLXLI ]

[ SECTION CLXLII ]

[ SECTION CLXLIII ]

[ SECTION CLXLIV ]

[ SECTION CLXLV ]

[ SECTION CLXLVI ]

[ SECTION CLXLVII ]

[ SECTION CLXLVIII ]

[ SECTION CLXLIX ]

[ SECTION CC ]

[ SECTION CCI ]

[ SECTION CCII ]

[ SECTION CCIII ]

[ SECTION CCIV ]

[ SECTION CCV ]

[ SECTION CCVI ]

[ SECTION CCVII ]

[ SECTION CCVIII ]

[ SECTION CCIX ]

[ SECTION CCX ]

[ SECTION CCXI ]

[ SECTION CCXII ]

[ SECTION CCXIII ]

[ SECTION CCXIV ]

[ SECTION CCXV ]

[ SECTION CCXVI ]

[ SECTION CCXVII ]

[ SECTION CCXVIII ]

[ SECTION CCXIX ]

[ SECTION CCXX ]

[ SECTION CCXXI ]

[ SECTION CCXXII ]

[ SECTION CCXXIII ]

[ SECTION CCXXIV ]

[ SECTION CCXXV ]

[ SECTION CCXXVI ]

[ SECTION CCXXVII ]

[ SECTION CCXXVIII ]

[ SECTION CCXXIX ]

[ SECTION CCXXX ]

[ SECTION CCXXXI ]

[ SECTION CCXXXII ]

[ SECTION CCXXXIII ]

[ SECTION CCXXXIV ]

[ SECTION CCXXXV ]

[ SECTION CCXXXVI ]

[ THE MAHABHARATA ]

[ BOOK 2 — SABHA PARVA ]

[ SECTION I ]

[ SECTION II ]

[ SECTION III ]

[ SECTION IV ]

[ SECTION V ]

[ SECTION VI ]

[ SECTION VII ]

[ SECTION VIII ]

[ SECTION IX ]

[ SECTION X ]

[ SECTION XI ]

[ SECTION XII ]

[ SECTION XIII ]

[ SECTION XIV ]

[ SECTION XV ]

[ SECTION XVI ]

[ SECTION XVII ]

[ SECTION XVIII ]

[ SECTION XIX ]

[ SECTION XX ]

[ SECTION XXI ]

[ SECTION XXII ]

[ SECTION XXIII ]

[ SECTION XXIV ]

[ SECTION XXV ]

[ SECTION XXVI ]

[ SECTION XXVII ]

[ SECTION XXVIII ]

[ SECTION XXIX ]

[ SECTION XXX ]

[ SECTION XXXI ]

[ SECTION XXXII ]

[ SECTION XXXIII ]

[ SECTION XXXIV ]

[ SECTION XXXV ]

[ SECTION XXXVI ]

[ SECTION XXXVII ]

[ SECTION XXXVIII ]

[ SECTION XXXIX ]

[ SECTION XL ]

[ SECTION XLI ]

[ SECTION XLII ]

[ SECTION XLIII ]

[ SECTION XLIV ]

[ SECTION XLV ]

[ SECTION XLVI ]