Jaya
(Draft for review only; this work is in progress and subject to revision.)
- Chapter 1: Preface: Overview of the Bhārata, Layered Meanings, and Expansion
- Chapter 2: Vyāsa arrives at Janamejaya’s serpent sacrifice, and Vaiśampāyana begins narrating the Jaya with its table of contents.
- Chapter 3: Uparicara Vasu, Girikā and Adrikā; Satyavatī and the birth of Dvaipāyana.
- Chapter 4: Mahābhiṣa and Gaṅgā; the Vasus’ curse, Gaṅgā’s pact with Pratīpa and marriage to Śantanu, and the birth, preservation and return of Gāṅgeya.
- Chapter 5: Śantanu seeks Satyavatī; Devavrata secures the marriage by renouncing the throne and progeny, and becomes Bhīṣma.
- Chapter 6: Śantanu’s sons; Citrāṅgada’s death, Vicitravīrya’s accession, Bhīṣma’s seizure of the Kāśī princesses, Ambā’s release, and Vicitravīrya’s death.
- Chapter 7: Satyavatī summons Vyāsa to preserve the Kuru line; Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu and Vidura are born.
- Chapter 8: Pāṇḍu becomes king; Gāndhārī marries Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Kuntī and Mādrī marry Pāṇḍu.
- Chapter 9: Pāṇḍu’s conquests, forest retreat, and curse by Kindama.
- Chapter 10: Pāṇḍu renounces worldly life after Kindama’s curse and withdraws with Kuntī and Mādrī to Śataśṛṅga.
- Chapter 11: Pāṇḍu seeks heirs; Kuntī bears Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma and Arjuna, while Mādrī bears Nakula and Sahadeva by invoking deities.
- Chapter 12: Gāndhārī’s hard mass is divided by Vyāsa into 101 embryos; jealousy underlies both Gāndhārī’s anguish and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s dynastic anxiety.
- Chapter 13: Pāṇḍu’s death and Mādrī’s following him; Kuntī and the Pāṇḍavas return to Hastināpura, funeral rites are performed, and Satyavatī retires to the forest with Ambikā and Ambālikā.
- Chapter 14: Duryodhana reveals his wicked disposition and desire to seize the kingdom by plotting Bhīma’s death; Yudhiṣṭhira takes control under Vidura’s guidance.
- Chapter 15: Kṛpa and Droṇa as martial instructors; Droṇa’s arrival in Hastināpura, Arjuna’s emergence as his foremost pupil, Ekalavya’s deprivation, and the Brahmaśiras weapon.
- Chapter 16: The princes’ martial exhibition; Bhīma and Duryodhana’s prowess, Arjuna’s acclaimed skill, Karṇa’s challenge, and his alliance with Duryodhana.
- Chapter 17: Droṇa’s guru-dakṣiṇā; Yudhiṣṭhira’s strategy, Drupada’s capture by the Pāṇḍavas, and Droṇa’s division of Pañcāla.
- Chapter 18: Duryodhana and Dhṛtarāṣṭra conspire to remove the Pāṇḍavas; the plot at Vāraṇāvata is set in motion to burn them alive.
- Chapter 19: The Pāṇḍavas secretly escape after burning the lac house and are believed dead. Dhṛtarāṣṭra publicly mourns while Vidura conceals the truth.
- Chapter 20: The Pāṇḍavas’ Flight into the Forest and Bhīma’s Encounter with Hiḍimba
- Chapter 21: Bhīma’s Marriage to Hiḍimbā, the Birth of Ghaṭotkaca, and Vyāsa’s Guidance to the Pāṇḍavas
- Chapter 22: Kuntī’s Decision to Send Bhīma Against Baka to Save Their Brahmin Host