Mahabharata

The great epic of Vyāsa. Its original name is “Jaya” (“Victory”). It contains the Bhagavad-gītā (Bhīṣma-parva) and is one of the key sources of Vedic philosophy.

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Ādi-parva (The Book of the Beginning)

Chapters 21–40 of 225

Chapter 21 — Āstīka-parva (indra-stuti) (The Flight to the Sun and Praise of Indra)2 verses

1.21.1–6 1.21.7–17

Chapter 22 — Āstīka-parva (varṣaṇa) (Indra Sends Down Rain)1 verse

1.22.1–5

Chapter 23 — Āstīka-parva (amṛta-paṇa) (The Serpents Demand Amṛta for Freedom)2 verses

1.23.1–7 1.23.8–12

Chapter 24 — Āstīka-parva (garuḍa-prasthāna) (Garuḍa Sets Out for the Amṛta)2 verses

1.24.1–9 1.24.10–14

Chapter 25 — Āstīka-parva (gaja-kacchapa) (The Tale of the Elephant and the Tortoise)3 verses

1.25.1–9 1.25.10–25 1.25.26–33

Chapter 26 — Āstīka-parva (vālakhilya, amṛta-rakṣā) (The Vālakhilyas and the Gods Guarding the Amṛta)4 verses

1.26.1–14 1.26.15–26 1.26.27–37 1.26.38–47

Chapter 27 — Āstīka-parva (vālakhilya-prabhāva) (The Insult to the Vālakhilyas and the Birth of Garuḍa)3 verses

1.27.1–12 1.27.13–23 1.27.24–35

Chapter 28 — Āstīka-parva (garuḍa-deva-yuddha) (Garuḍa's Battle with the Gods over Soma)2 verses

1.28.1–13 1.28.14–25

Chapter 29 — Āstīka-parva (amṛta-haraṇa, viṣṇu-vara) (Garuḍa Steals the Amṛta and Viṣṇu's Boons)3 verses

1.29.1–11 1.29.12–16 1.29.17–23

Chapter 30 — Āstīka-parva (garuḍa-indra-sakhya) (Garuḍa's Friendship with Indra and the Freedom of Vinatā)2 verses

1.30.1–12 1.30.13–22

Chapter 31 — Āstīka-parva (nāga-nāmāni) (The Names of the Chief Serpents)2 verses

1.31.1–4 1.31.5–18

Chapter 32 — Āstīka-parva (śeṣa) (The Feat of Śeṣa, the Support of the Earth)2 verses

1.32.1–12 1.32.13–25

Chapter 33 — Āstīka-parva (nāga-mantra) (The Serpents' Counsel against the Curse)3 verses

1.33.1–9 1.33.10–20 1.33.21–31

Chapter 34 — Āstīka-parva (elāpatra) (Elāpatra's Prophecy of Deliverance)2 verses

1.34.1–8 1.34.9–18

Chapter 35 — Āstīka-parva (vāsuki-pratīkṣā) (Vāsuki Guards His Sister and Awaits Jaratkāru)1 verse

1.35.1–13

Chapter 36 — Āstīka-parva (parikṣit-śamīka) (Parīkṣit and the Silent Sage)3 verses

1.36.1–5 1.36.6–20 1.36.21–26

Chapter 37 — Āstīka-parva (śṛṅgi-śāpa) (Śṛṅgin's Curse and Śamīka's Rebuke)2 verses

1.37.1–14 1.37.15–27

Chapter 38 — Āstīka-parva (śamīka-dūta, takṣaka) (The Teaching on Patience, the Messenger, and Takṣaka)3 verses

1.38.1–12 1.38.13–30 1.38.31–39

Chapter 39 — Āstīka-parva (parikṣin-mokṣa) (The Death of King Parīkṣit)2 verses

1.39.1–15 1.39.16–33

Chapter 40 — Āstīka-parva (janamejaya-rājya) (The Enthronement of Janamejaya)2 verses

1.40.1–6 1.40.7–11