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नारदस्य आज्ञया द्रौपद्याः समय-क्रियाnāradasya ājñayā draupadyāḥ samaya-kriyāby Nārada's command — establishment of the agreement concerning Draupadī (the rotation of her time with the brothers)
सुन्द-उपसुन्दयोः उपाख्यानम्sunda-upasundayoḥ upākhyānamthe tale of Sunda and Upasunda
पार्थस्य वन-वासःpārthasya vana-vāsaḥPārtha's (Arjuna's) exile to the forest
उलूप्या पथि संगमःulūpyā pathi saṃgamaḥthe meeting with Ulūpī along the way
पुण्य-तीर्थ-अनुसंयानम्puṇya-tīrtha-anusaṃyānampilgrimage to the sacred tīrthas
बभ्रुवाहन-जन्मbabhruvāhana-janmathe birth of Babhruvāhana
द्वारकायां सुभद्रा कामिनीdvārakāyāṃ subhadrā kāminīin Dvārakā — the lovely Subhadrā
वासुदेवस्य अनुमते किरीटिना प्राप्ताvāsudevasya anumate kirīṭinā prāptāwon by Kirīṭin (Arjuna) with Vāsudeva's (Kṛṣṇa's) consent
हरणं गृह्य कृष्णे देवकी-नन्दने संप्राप्तेharaṇaṃ gṛhya kṛṣṇe devakī-nandane saṃprāptewhen Kṛṣṇa, son of Devakī, arrived after the abduction
चक्र-धनुषोः संप्राप्तिःcakra-dhanuṣoḥ saṃprāptiḥthe obtaining of the discus and the bow
खाण्डवस्य दाहनम्khāṇḍavasya dāhanamthe burning of the Khāṇḍava forest
अभिमन्योः सुभद्रायां जन्म उत्तम-तेजसःabhimanyoḥ subhadrāyāṃ janma uttama-tejasaḥthe birth from Subhadrā of the radiant Abhimanyu
मयस्य ज्वलनात् मोक्षःmayasya jvalanāt mokṣaḥthe rescue of (the architect) Maya from the flames
भुजंगस्य मोक्षणम्bhujaṃgasya mokṣaṇamthe rescue of the serpent
महर्षेः मन्दपालस्य शार्ङ्ग्यां तनय-संभवःmaharṣeḥ mandapālasya śārṅgyāṃ tanaya-saṃbhavaḥthe birth of sons to the great sage Maṇḍapāla by Śārṅgī
इति एतत् आदि-पर्व उक्तं प्रथमं बहु-विस्तरम्iti etat ādi-parva uktaṃ prathamaṃ bahu-vistaramsuch is the first, vast Ādi-parva
अध्यायानां शते द्वे अष्टादश चadhyāyānāṃ śate dve aṣṭādaśa catwo hundred eighteen chapters
व्यासेन संख्याते परमर्षिणाvyāsena saṃkhyāte paramarṣiṇāreckoned by Vyāsa, the highest of sages
नारदस्याज्ञयाnāradasyājñayāoriginal form «nāradasyājñayā», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
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सुन्दोपसुन्दयोस्sundopasundayosoriginal form «sundopasundayos», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
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उपाख्यानंupākhyānaṃoriginal form «upākhyānaṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
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पुण्यतीर्थानुसंयानंpuṇyatīrthānusaṃyānaṃoriginal form «puṇyatīrthānusaṃyānaṃ», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
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वासुदेवस्यानुमतेvāsudevasyānumateoriginal form «vāsudevasyānumate», added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
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Here too everything unfolds with the Lord's participation. Arjuna takes Subhadrā, Kṛṣṇa's sister, as his wife "with Vāsudeva's consent" — the Lord Himself seals this kinship with His devotee. And it is together that Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna burn the Khāṇḍava forest; in that same episode Arjuna gains the bow Gāṇḍīva and Kṛṣṇa His discus Sudarśana. This is a clear sign that a devotee never acts alone: the Lord is always at his side, as companion and helmsman. Thus the first great book, for all the abundance of its events and tales, is threaded through with the presence of Kṛṣṇa, who guides the Pāṇḍavas; and its orderly division into two hundred eighteen chapters again bears witness to Vyāsa's wise design.