Mahabharata - Ādi Parva (महाभारत - आदि पर्व)
- by Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa
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  • Chapter 1: Preface: Overview of the Bhārata, Layered Meanings, and Expansion
  • Chapter 2: Uttanka and Janamejaya; the Bhṛgu–Āstīka narratives; the churning of the ocean, Kadrū–Vinatā wager, and birth of Garuḍa.
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4: Śeṣa and Vāsuki confront the serpent curse; Parīkṣit is killed by Takṣaka, Janamejaya begins the snake sacrifice, and Āstīka stops it.
  • Chapter 5: Vyāsa arrives at Janamejaya’s serpent sacrifice, and Vaiśampāyana begins narrating the Jaya with its table of contents.
  • Chapter 6: Uparicara Vasu, Girikā and Adrikā; Satyavatī and the birth of Dvaipāyana.
  • Chapter 7: Divine and demonic descents, creation genealogies, and their births among the principal Mahābhārata figures.
  • Chapter 8: Śakuntalā’s birth from Viśvāmitra and Menakā; her Gandharva marriage with Duḥṣanta, Bharata’s birth and recognition, and the rise of the Bhārata lineage.
  • Chapter 9: Kaca and Devayānī; Yayāti’s unions with Devayānī and Śarmiṣṭhā, birth of his five sons, exchange of youth with Pūru, and Yayāti’s fall and return to heaven.
  • Chapter 10: Janamejaya asks for the lineage of Pūru, and Vaiśampāyana traces successive rulers through Bharata, Bhumanyu, Ajamīḍha, Saṃvaraṇa and Kuru to Pratīpa and Śantanu. The chapter also contains supplementary genealogical variants and increasingly expansive accounts of royal sacrifices, prosperity and gifts.
  • Chapter 11: Mahābhiṣa and Gaṅgā; the Vasus’ curse, Gaṅgā’s pact with Pratīpa and marriage to Śantanu, and the birth, preservation and return of Gāṅgeya.
  • Chapter 12: Śantanu seeks Satyavatī; Devavrata secures the marriage by renouncing the throne and progeny, and becomes Bhīṣma.
  • Chapter 13: Śantanu’s sons; Citrāṅgada’s death, Vicitravīrya’s accession, Bhīṣma’s seizure of the Kāśī princesses, Ambā’s release, and Vicitravīrya’s death.
  • Chapter 14: Satyavatī summons Vyāsa to preserve the Kuru line; Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Pāṇḍu and Vidura are born.
  • Chapter 15: Pāṇḍu becomes king; Gāndhārī marries Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Kuntī and Mādrī marry Pāṇḍu.