Chapter IV On the hymns to the Great Devî by Visnu 1-20. Brahmâ said :– Thus speaking, Bhagavân Janârdana Visnu spoke to me again :– “Come, let us bow down to Her again and again... Read more
Chapter II On Rudras going towards the heavens on the celestial car 1-19. Vyâsa said :– O mighty armed Kuru! What you have asked me just now, I also asked the same thing to Nârada, the... Read more
Chapter I On the questions put by Janamejaya 1-10. Janamejaya said :– “O Bhagavân! What is that great Yajña (sacrifice) named Ambâ Yajña about which you referred just now? Who is the A... Read more
Chapter XII On the birth of Âstika 1-4. Sûta said :– Hearing these words of the king, Vyâsa Deva, the son Satyavatî addressed to him before the assembly, thus :– “O king! I am no... Read more
Chapter XI On the Sarpa Yajña 1-4. Sûta said :– “O Munis! seeing now the king lifeless, and his son a mere boy, the ministers themselves performed all his funeral ceremonies. First the... Read more
Chapter X On the death of king Parîksit 1-3. Sûta said :– “O Risis! On that very day when the Brâhmin Kas’yapa went out of his house, Taksak, knowing the king Parîksit cursed, as... Read more
Chapter IX On the account of Ruru 1-17. Parîksit said :– When the Muni Ruru went to his room to sleep, his mind having become perturbed with passion, his father Pramati seeing him sorr... Read more
Chapter VIII On the extinction of the family of Yadu and on the anecdote of Parîksit 1-23. Sûta said :– On the third day after the Pândavas had returned to Hastinâpur, the king Dhritar... Read more
Chapter VII On shewing the departed ones Sûta said :– The chaste Draupadi was the common wife of all the five very beautiful sons of Kunti; and she bore five sons, one to every husband... Read more
Chapter VI On the birth of the Pândavas 1-12. Sûta said :—Thus S’antanu married Satyavatî; two sons were born to her and they died in course of time. Out of Vyâsa Deva’s semen, Dhritar... Read more
