Episode 1 Before the Beginning

Listen to this episode from The Mahabharata on Spotify. Introduction to the Great Epic-a Story about Everything!

Introduction to the Great Epic-a Story about Everything!

Reading Suggestions:

For a quick overview of the story:

https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Sanskrit_in_Classics_at_Brown/Mahabharata/MBh2Story.html

More detailed introduction:

Van Nooten, Barend A. The Mahābhārata: Attributed to Krsna Dvaipāyana Vyāsa. Vol. 131. Twayne Publishers, 1971.

Abridged version:

Smith, John D., ed. The mahabharata. Penguin Classics, 2009.