The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 - Books 1, 2 and 3

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3Translator: Kisari Mohan GanguliRelease Date: March 26, 2005 [EBook #15474]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MAHABHARATA VOL 1 ***Produced by John B. Hare. Please notify any corrections to John B. Hare at www.sacred-texts.comThe MahabharataofKrishna-Dwaipayana VyasaBOOK 1ADI PARVATranslated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit TextbyKisari Mohan Ganguli[1883-1896]Scanned at sacred-texts.com, 2003. Proofed at Distributed Proofing, Juliet Sutherland, Project Manager. Additionalproofing and formatting at sacred-texts.com, by J. B. Hare.TRANSLATOR'S PREFACEThe object of a translator should ever be to hold the mirror upto his author. That being so, his chief duty is to represent sofar as practicable the manner in which his author's ideas have been expressed, retaining if possible at the sacrifice ofidiom and taste all the peculiarities of his author's imagery and of language as well. In regard to translations from theSanskrit, nothing is easier than to dish up Hindu ideas, so as to make them agreeable to English ...