THE MAHABHARATA

OF

KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA [ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]

BOOK 3 — VANA PARVA

Translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text

By Kisari Mohan Ganguli

[1883-1896] [ [!-- H2 anchor --] ]

SECTION I

(Aranyaka Parva)

Om! Having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara the foremost of male beings, and the goddess Saraswati also, must the word Jaya be uttered.