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Mbh.1.1.4	Ugrasrava, the son of Lomaharshana, surnamed Sauti, well-versed in the Puranas, bending with humility, one day approached the great sages of rigid vows, sitting at their ease, who had attended the twelve years' sacrifice of Saunaka, surnamed Kulapati, in the forest of Naimisha.
Mbh.1.1.13	Ye reverend sages, all of whom are to me as Brahma; ye greatly blessed who shine in this place of sacrifice with the splendour of the solar fire: ye who have concluded the silent meditations and have fed the holy fire; and yet who are sitting, without care, what, O ye Dwijas twice-born, shall I repeat, shall I recount the sacred stories collected in the Puranas containing precepts of religious duty and of worldly profit, or the acts of illustrious saints and sovereigns of mankind
Mbh.1.1.52	The mystery of the Veda, and what other subjects have been explained by me; the various rituals of the Upanishads with the Angas; the compilation of the Puranas and history formed by me and named after the three divisions of time, past, present, and future; the determination of the nature of decay, fear, disease, existence, and non-existence, a description of creeds and of the various modes of life; rule for the four castes, and the import of all the Puranas; an account of asceticism and of the duties of a religious student; the dimensions of the sun and moon, the planets, constellations, and stars, together with the duration of the four ages; the Rik, Sama and Yajur Vedas; also the Adhyatma; the sciences called Nyaya, Orthoephy and Treatment of diseases; charity and Pasupatadharma; birth celestial and human, for particular purposes; also a description of places of pilgrimage and other holy places of rivers, mountains, forests, the ocean, of heavenly cities and the kalpas; the art of war; the different kinds of nations and languages: the nature of the manners of the people; and the all-pervading spirit, all these have been represented.
Mbh.1.1.227	Taking these facts for his subject, Dwaipayana composed a holy Upanishad that has been published to the world by learned and sacred bards in the Puranas composed by them.
Mbh.1.1.241	By the aid of history and the Puranas, the Veda may be expounded; but the Veda is afraid of one of little information lest he should it.
Mbh.1.2.576	O ye Brahman, as the four kinds of creatures viviparous, oviparous, born of hot moisture and vegetables are dependent on space for their existence, so the Puranas depend upon this history.
Mbh.1.4.963	SECTION IV Pauloma Parva UGRASRAVA SAUTI, the son of Lomaharshana, versed in the Puranas, while present in the forest of Naimisha, at the twelve years' sacrifice of Saunaka, surnamed Kulapati, stood before the Rishis in attendance.
Mbh.1.4.964	Having studied Puranas with meticulous devotion and thus being thoroughly acquainted with them, he addressed them with joined hands thus, I have graphically described to you the history of Utanka which is one of the causes of King Janamejaya's Snake-sacrifice.
Mbh.1.5.980	SECTION V Pauloma Parva continued Saunaka said, Child, thy father formerly read the whole of the Puranas, O son of Lomaharshana, and the Bharata with Krishna-Dwaipayana.
Mbh.1.5.987	O great Muni, I shall first properly recount the story of this family, as told in the Puranas.
Mbh.1.51.2628	It is known as the snake-sacrifice, and is read of in the Puranas.
Mbh.1.51.2630	Men versed in the Puranas have told us, there is such a sacrifice'
Mbh.1.51.2640	For when the sacrificial platform was being constructed, a professional builder of great intelligence and well-versed in the knowledge of laying foundations, a Suta by caste, well-acquainted with the Puranas, said, The soil upon which and the time at which the measurement for the sacrificial platform has been made, indicate that this sacrifice will not be completed, a Brahmana becoming the reason thereof'
Mbh.1.56.2777	Sauti continued, The illustrious Suta named Lohitaksha also, conversant with the Puranas, had said so before.
Mbh.1.56.2778	Asked by the king on the present occasion he again told the monarch, Sire, it is even so as the Brahmanas have said, Knowing the Puranas, I say, O monarch, that Indra hath granted him this boon, saying, Dwell with me in concealment, and Agni shall not burn thee'
Mbh.1.75.4181	The king, then recollected the following truths contained in the Puranas, Truly, one's appetites are never satiated by enjoyment.
Mbh.1.100.5648	The Vedas which constitute the root of the Puranas and are regarded as authoritative even by the gods, contain numerous proof of this.
Mbh.1.109.6079	Well-read in history and the Puranas and various branches of learning, and acquainted with the truths of the Vedas and their branches they acquired knowledge, which was versatile and deep.
Mbh.1.121.6488	There is an anecdote, O best of the Kurus, that is sung by all reciters of the Puranas, in connection with that first of all men, the illustrious Vyushitaswa,
Mbh.1.185.9369	And there will also come unto that Swayamvara, from various countries, actors, and bards singing the panegyrics of kings, and dancers, and reciters of Puranas, and heralds, and powerful athletes.
Mbh.1.215.10520	Followed by Brahmanas conversant with the Vedas and their branches and devoted to the contemplation of the Supreme Spirit, by persons skilled in music, by ascetics devoted to the Deity, by reciters of Puranas, by narrators of sacred stories by devotees leading celibate lives, by Vanaprasthas, by Brahmanas sweetly reciting celestial histories, and by various other classes of persons of sweet speeches, Arjuna journeyed like Indra followed by the Maruts.
Mbh.2.5.125	SECTION V Lokapala Sabhakhayana Parva Vaisampayana said, While the illustrious Pandavas were seated in that Sabha along with the principal Gandharvas, there came, O Bharata, unto that assembly the celestial Rishi Narada, conversant with the Vedas and Upanishadas, worshipped by the celestials acquainted with histories and Puranas, well-versed in all that occurred in ancient kalpas cycles, conversant with Nyaya logic and the truth of moral science, possessing a complete knowledge of the six Angas viz, pronunciation, grammar, prosody, explanation of basic terms, description of religious rites, and astronomy.
Mbh.2.40.1660	Persons conversant with the Puranas recite a proverb, O Bhishma, as regards this occurrence, I shall, O Bharata, repeat it to thee fully.
Mbh.3.45.2343	He who is known amongst gods and men for his many inborn virtues, for his grace, behaviour, beauty of person, vows and self-control; who is noted for might and prowess, and respected by the virtuous, and ready-witted; who is endued with genius and splendid energy, is of a forgiving temper and without malice of any kind; who hath studied the four Vedas with their branches, and the Upanishads, and the Puranas also; who is endued with devotion to his preceptors and with intellect possessed of the eight attributes, who by his abstinence, ability, origin and age, is alone capable of protecting the celestial regions like Mahavat himself; who is never boastful; who showeth proper respect to all; who beholdeth the minutest things as clearly as if those were gross and large; who is sweet-speeched; who showereth diverse kinds of food and drink on his friends and dependents; who is truthful, worshipped of all, eloquent, handsome, and without pride; who is kind to those devoted to him, and universally pleasing and dear to all; who is firm in promise; who is equal to even Mahendra and Varuna in respect of every desirable attribute, viz, Arjuna, is known to thee.
Mbh.3.58.2883	Well-versed in all duties, always conducting himself with rectitude, he hath studied the four Vedas together with the Puranas that are regarded as the fifth.
Mbh.3.84.4395	As seen in the Puranas, O tiger among men, bathing there a man obtaineth the merit of giving away a thousand Kapila kine and of the horse-sacrifice.
Mbh.4.51.1969	In the Vedantas, in the Puranas, and in old histories, who save Jamadagni, O king, would be Drona's superior?
Mbh.5.43.2404	Dhritarashtra said, With Akhyana Puranas as their fifth, the Vedas declare the Supreme Soul to be this universe consisting of mobile and immobile things.
Mbh.5.181.8113	This sloka also, O thou of pure soul, is heard in the Puranas, O lord, sung by the high-souled Marutta, O thou of great intelligence!
Mbh.7.199.11479	Whatever is highly mysterious in the several branches of the Vedas, in the Upanishads, in the Puranas, and in those sciences that deal with the soul, is that God, viz, Maheswara, Mahadeva is even such.
Mbh.8.34.1682	The Rigveda, the Samaveda, and the Puranas stood in advance of that car.
Mbh.12.26.1165	Of these two, the northern path is much applauded by those conversant with the Puranas.
Mbh.12.43.2163	Thou hast, as said in the Puranas, taken thy birth seven times in the womb of Aditi.
Mbh.12.47.2335	In the Puranas thou hast been spoken as Purusha all-pervading spirit.
Mbh.12.50.2714	The subjects of histories and the Puranas are all known to thee.
Mbh.12.52.2802	Then a batch of well-trained and sweet-voiced persons, conversant with hymns and the Puranas, began to utter the praises of Vasudeva, that lord of all creatures and creator of the universe.
Mbh.12.64.3585	Disregarding the Puranas and the high truths of religion, men, urged by lust and wrath, will deviate into Wrong paths.
Mbh.12.84.4769	Four Brahmanas, learned in the Vedas, possessed of a sense of dignity, belonging to the Snataka order, and of pure behaviour, and eight Kshatriyas, all of whom should be possessed of physical strength and capable of wielding weapons, and one and twenty Vaisyas, all of whom should be possessed of wealth, and three Sudras, everyone of whom should be humble and of pure conduct and devoted to his daily duties, and one man of the Suta caste, possessed of a knowledge of the Puranas and the eight cardinal virtues, should be thy ministers.
Mbh.12.165.9925	The Puranas truly declare that it was first wielded by Mahadeva.
Mbh.12.207.12550	These seven sons have been mentioned in the Puranas as seven Brahmanas.
Mbh.12.229.14217	He always seeks to conquer all earthly desires by listening to Vedic recitations and attending to the Puranas.
Mbh.12.294.18361	It is heard in the Puranas that formerly mankind were self-restrained; that they held righteousness in great esteem; that the practices they followed for livelihood were all consistent with propriety and the injunctions laid down in the scriptures: and that the only punishment that was required for chastising them when they went wrong was the crying of fie on them
Mbh.12.301.18984	Of these that are mobile are superior, That high knowledge, O king, which exists in persons conversant with Brahma, and that which occurs in the Vedas, and that which is found in other scriptures, and that in Yoga, and that which may be seen in the diverse Puranas, are all, O monarch, to be found in Sankhya philosophy
Mbh.12.318.19811	I then studied the Puranas with Romaharshan.
Mbh.12.334.21369	Narada said, In the Vedas and the Puranas, in the Angas and the subsidiary Angas thou art sung with reverence, thou art unborn and eternal.
Mbh.12.339.21958	They have once more disappeared or may only be partially heard here and there in the Puranas.
Mbh.12.340.22034	No man that has not undergone penances, and that is not acquainted with the Puranas, can speedily answer it.
Mbh.12.341.22221	O Creator of all Beings, O immutable one, O Refuge of all the worlds, O Lord of the universe, O dispeller of the fears of all persons, I desire to hear from thee in detail, O Kesava, the significance of all those names of thine, O God, which have been mentioned by the great Rishis in the Vedas and the Puranas in consequences of diverse acts of thine.
Mbh.12.341.22223	The holy one said, In the Rigveda, in the Yajurveda, in the Atharvans and the Samans, in the Puranas and the Upanishads, as also in the treatises on Astrology, O Arjuna, in the Sankhya scriptures, in the Yoga scriptures, and in the treatises also on the Science of Life, many are the names that have been mentioned by the great Rishis.
Mbh.12.341.22325	In the Puranas, Agni and Soma are spoken of as complementary to one another.
Mbh.12.342.22394	On the other hand, the residents become divested of prosperity of every kind, and betake themselves to the ways of robbers instead of being able to enjoy the blessings of peace In the Vedas, the Puranas, the histories, and other authoritative writings, it is said that Brahmanas, who are the souls of all creatures, who are the creators of all things, and who are identifiable with all existent objects, sprang from the mouth of Narayana.
Mbh.12.343.22740	As butter is raised from curds, sandal-wood from the mountains of Malaya, the Aranyakas from the Vedas, and nectar from all the medicinal herbs, after the same manner, O ocean of austerities, hath this discourse that is like nectar and that has Narayana for its object, been raised by thee, O Brahmana, from diverse histories and Puranas existing in the world, Narayana is the Supreme Lord.
Mbh.13.16.1599	Celestial Rishis conversant with the Puranas, say that thou hast three bodies viz, those pertaining to Kalas, those pertaining to Purusha and those pertaining to Brahma or the three forms namely Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra.
Mbh.13.16.1700	These are the live Ends that have been declared in the Vedas and the Scriptures and the Puranas.
Mbh.13.17.2155	Thou art the maker of those declarations that are contained in the Tantras and the Puranas and that are embodied in language that is human
Mbh.13.17.2487	Thou art the Smritis, the Itihasas, the Puranas, and other scriptures.
Mbh.13.17.2625	Thou art Vyasa, the author of the Puranas and other sacred histories.
Mbh.13.17.2626	Thou art the creations of Vyasa's brain because of thy being identical with the Puranas and other sacred histories both abridged and unabridged.
Mbh.13.22.3223	Kasyapa said, The Vedas with their six branches, the Sankhya philosophy, the Puranas, and high birth, these fail to rescue a regenerate person if he falls away from good conduct
Mbh.13.90.8097	They that are conversant with Bhashyas, they also that are devoted to grammatical studies, they that study the Puranas and they that study the Dharmasastras and having studied them ie, the Puranas and Dharmasastras act up to the standard laid down in them, he that has lived for the stated period in the abode of his preceptor, he that is truthful in speech, he that is a giver of thousands, they that are foremost in their knowledge of all the Vedas and the scriptural and philosophical aphorisms, these sanctify the line as far they look at it.
Mbh.13.102.9098	Dhritarashtra said, Those Brahmanas that are endued with mild dispositions, that are devoted to truth, that are possessed of great learning in the scriptures, that are compassionate unto all creatures, that study the Puranas with all the histories, that pour libations on the sacred fire and make gifts of honey unto the Brahmanas, repair to such regions, O great Rishi!
Mbh.13.104.9570	One should every day hear the Puranas and the Itihasas and all the other narratives that exist, as also the life-stories of all high-souled personages.
Mbh.13.158.13110	Those high duties, O king, that are mentioned in the Puranas as observed by Brahmanas and Kshatriyas and Vaisyas and Sudras, have all been recited by me.
Mbh.18.6.450	One devoted to Vishnu acquires through this that merit which is acquired by listening to the eighteen Puranas.

Jijith Nadumuri Ravi
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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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