The Mahabharata: An English Version Based on Selected Verses » (Revised Edition)

Chakravarthi V. Narasimhan was educated at Madras University in India and at Oxford University. From 1937 to 1956 he worked in the Indian Civil Service, and for the next twenty-two years he worked at the undersecretary-general level at the United Nations.

Intended to be a treatise on life itself, this epic poem embraces religion and ethics, polity and government, philosophy and the pursuit of salvation. This collection of more than 4,000 verses is supplemented by a glossary, genealogical tables, and an index correlating the verses with the original Sanskrit text.

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This current translation of the epic poem (no one's exactly sure who wrote it or when it first appeared) includes two new verses as well as a new preface and a glossary, genealogical tables, and an index correlating the verses with the original Sanskrit text. A lot of bang for the buck, though more for scholarly collections.

Preface to the Revised Paperback Edition Preface Guide to Pronounciation Introduction Adi Parva (Chapters I-XIX)
Sabha Parva (XX-XXIV)
Aranyaka Parva (XXV-XXIX)
Virata Parva (XXX-XXXIV)
Udyoga Parva (XXXV-XLVII)
Bhisma Parva (XLVIII-LVIII)
Drona Parva (LIX-LXVI)
Karna Parva (LXVII-LXIX)
Salya Parva (LXX-LXXVI)
Sauptika Parva (LXXVII-LXXX)
Stri Parva (LXXXI-LXXXIII)
Santi Parva (LXXXIV)
Anusasana Parva (LXXXV)
Asvamedha Parva (LXXXVI-LXXXVII)
Asramavasika Parva (LXXXVIII-XC)
Mausala Parva (XCI-XCIII)
Mahaprasthanika Parva (XCIV-XCV)
Svarga-Arohanika Parva (XCVI-XCIX)
Genealogical Tables Glossary List of Alternative Names Index of Verses on Which English Version Is Based