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<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">Mahabharata</H1>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>Narrated by V Lakshmanan</STRONG></P>

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May this ancient <I>Bharata</I> become a jewel garland that will never
leave you. Duryodhana causes all creatures to be slain and wastes the
Earth; he fans the flame of hostility that at last consumes all. But
in my opinion life is taken with every breath, what do you think?
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<BR><TT>William Buck</TT>, <I>The Mahabharata</I>

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<LI><A NAME="tex2html11"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html12"
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html13"
  HREF="node3.html">Introduction</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html14"
  HREF="node4.html">The making of an epic</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html15"
  HREF="node5.html">An old epic in a modern form</A>
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  HREF="node6.html">How to read the Mahabharata</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html17"
  HREF="node7.html">Sauti narrates the epic</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html18"
  HREF="node8.html">How Ganesha was Vyasa's scribe</A>
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  HREF="node9.html">Why Ganesha has an elephant head</A>
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  HREF="node10.html">King Janamejaya's snake sacrifice</A>
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  HREF="node11.html">The revenge of the Naga</A>
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  HREF="node12.html">Bhishma's terrible vow</A>
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  HREF="node13.html">The birth of Vyasa</A>
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  HREF="node14.html">Why Ganga came to Earth</A>
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  HREF="node15.html">Three women, no child</A>
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  HREF="node16.html">Bhishma sows the seeds of his death</A>
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  HREF="node18.html">How Puru, the youngest, became the Bharata king</A>
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  HREF="node19.html">How the devas stole the Sanjivini</A>
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  HREF="node20.html">Beware the curse of a Brahmin</A>
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  HREF="node21.html">The Pandavas are born</A>
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  HREF="node22.html">Gandhari has a hundred sons</A>
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  HREF="node23.html">How Bhima escaped death</A>
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  HREF="node24.html">Drona, the Guru</A>
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  HREF="node25.html">Arjuna outshines Drona's other students</A>
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  HREF="node27.html">Drona gets the greatest wealth of all</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html39"
  HREF="node29.html">The story of Karna's birth</A>
<LI><A NAME="tex2html40"
  HREF="node30.html">Karna is the best warrior</A>
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<LI><A NAME="tex2html41"
  HREF="node31.html">The flammable house</A>
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  HREF="node32.html">Bhima saves a village</A>
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  HREF="node33.html">Draupadi is won</A>
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