Mahābhārata

Epics Dec 14, 2017

Mahābhārata – Episode 1 – Birth of Bhīṣma

ĀDI-PARVA नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरञ्चैव नरोत्तमम् । देवीं सरस्वतीं व्यासं ततो जयमुदीरयेत् ॥ Having saluted Nārāyaṇa, the human and the divine; Sarasvatī...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Dec 28, 2017

Mahābhārata – Episode 2 – Birth of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu, and Vidura

The two children who were born to Satyavatī passed away at a young age. Satyavatī was saddened, thinking about her responsibility towards the lineage of her par...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Jan 11, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 3 – Birth of the Pāṇḍavas and Kauravas, Death of Pāṇḍu

Back at Hastināpura, Gāndhārī too was pregnant; even as she was carrying, she heard that Kuntī had given birth to Yudhiṣṭhira. She hadn’t given birth even after...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Jan 25, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 4 – Test of Skill of the Kuru Princes

There lived a teacher by name Kṛpācārya[1] who taught archery to the kings of the Vṛṣṇi clan and other kṣatriya clans. The Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas were his discip...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Feb 08, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 5 – Enter Karṇa

At the fag-end of the tournament, when they heard the tumultuous sound at the gates, filled with wonder the spectators asked, “Have the mountains crumbled?” “Ha...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Feb 22, 2018

Mahābhārata - Episode 6 - Pāṇḍavas in Vāraṇāvata

After Dhṛtarāṣṭra spoke to Yudhiṣṭhira [regarding the trip to Vāraṇāvata], Duryodhana was delighted and summoned Purocana to meet him in private. Duryodhana hel...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Mar 08, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 7 - Bhīma and Hiḍimbā

After their escape from Vāraṇāvata, the Pāṇḍavas went southward, moving quickly in the light of the stars, and reached a dense forest. By this time, all of them...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Mar 22, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 8 – The Pāṇḍavas in Ekacakranagara

The Pāṇḍavas wandered from one forest to another for several days.[1] [Starting from Vāraṇāvata, they travelled through the provinces of Matsya, Trigarta, Pāñc...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Apr 05, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 9 – Bhīma and Bakāsura, Pāṇḍavas in Pāñcāla

In the meantime, the other Pāṇḍavas returned home after their daily round of seeking alms. Looking at Bhīma’s face, Yudhiṣṭhira guessed that there must be somet...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Apr 12, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 10 – The Birth of King Kuru, Meeting Sage Dhaumya

[The following sub-stories appear in the Ādi Parva of the Mahābhārata, Adhyāyas 158–74] The brave Pāṇḍavas travelled day and night and arrived at a holy place c...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Apr 19, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 11 – Draupadī’s Svayaṃvara

As the celebration of the svayaṃvara started, the crowd at the venue kept growing; actors and dancers entertained them and were rewarded with precious...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar

Epics Apr 26, 2018

Mahābhārata – Episode 12 – Draupadī’s Wedding

Drupada heard the words of Dharmarāja sent through the purohita and was yet unable to determine the clan and the family lineage of the groom; so he thought of a...

A R Krishna Sastri | Trans: Arjun Bharadwaj, Hari Ravikumar