Mahabharata

Mbh.1.1.11	Sauti said, Having heard the diverse sacred and wonderful stories which were composed in his Mahabharata by Krishna-Dwaipayana, and which were recited in full by Vaisampayana at the Snake-sacrifice of the high-souled royal sage Janamejaya and in the presence also of that chief of Princes, the son of Parikshit, and having wandered about, visiting many sacred waters and holy shrines, I journeyed to the country venerated by the Dwijas twice-born and called Samantapanchaka where formerly was fought the battle between the children of Kuru and Pandu, and all the chiefs of the land ranged on either side.
Mbh.1.1.247	And as the latter weighed heavier than the four Vedas with their mysteries, from that period it hath been called in the world Mahabharata the great Bharata.
Mbh.1.1.248	Being esteemed superior both in substance and gravity of import it is denominated Mahabharata on account of such substance and gravity of import.
Mbh.1.2.573	Vyasa of immeasurable intelligence, has spoken of the Mahabharata as a treatise on Artha, on Dharma, and on Kama.
Mbh.1.2.591	Thus endeth the section called Parva-sangraha of the Adi Parva of the blessed Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.3.962	And thus endeth the section called Paushya of the Adi Parva of the blessed Mahabharata
Mbh.1.7.1103	Thus endeth the seventh section of the Pauloma Parva of the Adi Parva of the blessed Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.8.1133	So ends the eighth section of the Pauloma Parva of the Adi Parva of the blessed Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.9.1167	So ends the ninth section of the Pauloma Parva of the Adi Parva of the blessed Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.59.2870	Saunaka said, That sacred history called the Mahabharata, spreading the fame of the Pandavas, which Krishna-Dwaipayana, asked by Janamejaya, caused to be duly recited after the completion of the sacrifice.
Mbh.1.59.2874	Sauti said, I shall recite to thee from the beginning of that great and excellent history called the Mahabharata composed by Vyasa.
Mbh.1.62.2962	SECTION LXII Adivansavatarana Parva continued Janamejaya said, O excellent Brahmana, thou hast, indeed, told me, in brief, the history, called Mahabharata, of the great acts of the Kurus.
Mbh.1.62.3008	The sins that are committed daily by our senses or the mind, those that are committed knowingly or unknowingly by any man, are all destroyed by hearing the Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.62.3009	The history of the exalted birth of the Bharata princes is called the Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.62.3013	Rising daily and purifying himself and performing his ascetic devotions, he composed this Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.62.3024	The sage Krishna-Dwaipayana regularly rising for three years, composed this wonderful history called Mahabharata.
Mbh.1.63.3145	The boon-giving great one then taught Sumanta, Jaimini, Paila, his son Suka, and Vaisampayana, the Vedas having the Mahabharata for their fifth.
Mbh.1.99.5550	Indeed, it is this splendid history that is called the Mahabharata
Mbh.6.25.1116	Here ends the first lesson entitled Survey of Forces in the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna of the Bhagavadgita, the essence of religion, the knowledge of Brahma, and the system of Yoga, comprised within the Bhishma Parva of the Mahabharata of Vyasa containing one hundred thousand verses
Mbh.12.340.22038	Our preceptor used to teach us the Vedas, having the Mahabharata for their fifth.
Mbh.12.346.22938	Who else than he, O tiger among kings, could compile such a treatise as the Mahabharata?
Mbh.12.349.23340	Endued with great intelligence, he became fatigued with his penances in consequence of the great strain on his energies occasioned by the composition of the Mahabharata.
Mbh.12.349.23344	Having recapitulated the Vedas with all their branches as also the meanings of all the Verses in the Mahabharata, one day, with rapt attention, all of us approached our preceptor who, having controlled his senses, was at time rapt up in thought.
Mbh.12.349.23345	Availing ourselves of an interval in the conversation, we asked that foremost of regenerate persons to expound to us the meanings of the Vedas and the Verses in the Mahabharata and narrate to us the incidents as well of his own birth from Narayana.
Mbh.12.349.23346	Conversant as he was with all topics of enquiry, he at first discoursed to us on the interpretations of the Srutis and the Mahabharata, and then set himself to narrate to us the following incidents relating to his birth from Narayana.
Mbh.13.17.2126	Thou art the Mahabharata and other histories of the kind.
Mbh.13.76.6967	All the three, as also they that regularly go through their ablutions and other acts at early dawn, and he that is well-conversant with the Mahabharata, it is well-known, attain to the regions of Vishnu and Soma.
Mbh.18.5.283	The sins that one commits during the day by ones senses or the mind are all washed off before evening by reciting a portion of the Mahabharata.
Mbh.18.5.284	Whatever sins a Brahmana may commit at night in the midst of women are all washed off before dawn by reciting a portion of the Mahabharata.
Mbh.18.5.287	And because of its grave import, as also of the Bharatas being its topic, it is called Mahabharata.
Mbh.18.5.302	Narada recited the Mahabharata to the gods; Asita-Devala to the Pitris; Suka to the Rakshasas and the Yakshas; and Vaishampayana to human beings.
Mbh.18.5.305	He who, with fervid devotion, listens to a recitation of the Mahabharata, attains hereafter to high success in consequence of the merit that becomes his through understanding even a very small portion thereof.
Mbh.18.6.339	In the Mahabharata is to be found the births of Rishis and deities on the Earth.
Mbh.18.6.413	Upon the conclusion of all the Parvas, the house-holder of wisdom should give unto the reciter a copy of the Mahabharata with a piece of gold.
Mbh.18.6.415	Having finished all the Parvas, one versed in the scriptures, robing himself in white, wearing garlands, decked with ornaments, and properly purified, should place a copy of the Mahabharata on an auspicious spot and cover it with a piece of silken cloth and worship it, according to due rites, with scents and garlands, offering each at a time.
Mbh.18.6.443	One that proclaims the merits of this history called the Mahabharata, of the Earth, of the cow, of Sarasvati the goddess of speech, of Brahmanas, and of Keshava, has never to languish.
Mbh.18.6.467	The Eighteen parvas of the Mahabharata are thus complete.

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Reference:- Mahabharata of Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa, translated to English by Kisari Mohan Ganguli; Source of Plain Text: www.sacred-texts.com; Wikified at AncientVoice.

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