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THE MAHABHARATA
 

 
नमो भगवते तस्मै व्यासायामिततेजसे ।

यस्य प्रसादाद् वक्ष्यामि नारायणकथामिमाम् ॥
 

 
Obeisance unto that divine Vyasa of

immense splendour by whose grace I shall

relate this story of Narayana.
 

 
जयो नामेतिहासोऽयं श्रोतव्यो विजिगीषुणा ॥

This Epic named Jaya must be listened

to by him who is desirous of success.
 

 
भरतानां महज्जन्म महाभारतमुच्यते ।

भरताद् भारती कीर्तिर्येनेदं भारतं कुलम् ॥

The great nativity and life of the Bharatas

is called the Mahabharata. Through Bharata

is the glory of the Bharatas; and after

Bharata is this lineage named Bharata.
 

 
भरतस्यान्वये जाता देवकल्पा महारथाः ।

तेषां प्रतीषो राजाऽऽसीत् सर्वभूतहितस्सदा ॥
 

 
Warriors who were almost gods, were

born in the line of Bharata. Of them was

king Pratipa, always good to all beings.
 

 
तपस्ते पे सुतस्यार्थे सभार्य: [कुरुनन्दन]।
 

 
शान्तस्य जज्ञे सन्तानस्तस्मादासीत्स शान्तनुः ॥