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TRANSLATOR'S NOTE
THE great Epic of
Mahabharata was
composed by Sage Krishna Dvaipayana
Vyasa, the grandfather of the heroes of the
Epic. He taught his Epic to his son Suka
and to his pupils, Vaisampayana and others.
King Janamejaya, son of king Parikshit, the
grandson of the heroes of the Epic,
performed a great sacrifice and during its
session, the Epic was recited by Vaisam-
payana to Janamejaya at the bidding of
Vyasa. Subsequently, Sauti recited the Epic,
as done by Vaishampayana to Janamejaya,
to the Brahmin Saunaka and others
during a sacrifice performed by Saunaka in
the Naimisa forest. The text presented
in the following pages is condensed as
narrated by Vaishampayana to Janamejaya,
with the addition at the beginning of five
benedictory lines eight concluding lines
at the end, belonging to Sauti's recital before
Saunaka and others. Though Vaisam-
payana narrates
the story all through, the
account of the Great War alone is given
by him as narrated by Sanjaya, the minister
and charioteer, to the blind Dhritarashtra.
The discourse of Bhishma in the Santi and
Anusasana Parvas is given in the original,
for the most part, as dialogues between
THE great Epic of
Mahabharata was
composed by Sage Krishna Dvaipayana
Vyasa, the grandfather of the heroes of the
Epic. He taught his Epic to his son Suka
and to his pupils, Vaisampayana and others.
King Janamejaya, son of king Parikshit, the
grandson of the heroes of the Epic,
performed a great sacrifice and during its
session, the Epic was recited by Vaisam-
payana to Janamejaya at the bidding of
Vyasa. Subsequently, Sauti recited the Epic,
as done by Vaishampayana to Janamejaya,
to the Brahmin Saunaka and others
during a sacrifice performed by Saunaka in
the Naimisa forest. The text presented
in the following pages is condensed as
narrated by Vaishampayana to Janamejaya,
with the addition at the beginning of five
benedictory lines eight concluding lines
at the end, belonging to Sauti's recital before
Saunaka and others. Though Vaisam-
payana narrates
the story all through, the
account of the Great War alone is given
by him as narrated by Sanjaya, the minister
and charioteer, to the blind Dhritarashtra.
The discourse of Bhishma in the Santi and
Anusasana Parvas is given in the original,
for the most part, as dialogues between