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The Mahabharata ofKrishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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**eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers, Since 1971*******These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!*****Title: The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2Author: Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaRelease Date: April, 2005 [EBook #7965] [This file was first posted onJune 6, 2003]Edition: 10Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: US-ASCII*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THEMAHABHARATA OF KRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA, PART 2***Editorial comment: Part 1 of THE MAHABHARATA OFKRISHNA-DWAIPAYANA VYASA can be found in the ProjectGutenberg EBook#7864 [?mkdwxxx.xxx].This E-text was prepared by John B. Hare, David King, Juliet Sutherland,Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Scanned atsacred-texts.com, 2003. Redaction at Distributed Proofing, JulietSutherland, Project Manager. Additional proofing and formatting atsacred-texts.com, by J. B. Hare. This text is in the public domain. These

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Part 2 by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa2

files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact.The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaBOOK 2SABHA PARVATranslated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit TextbyKisari Mohan Ganguli[1883-1896]SECTION I(Sabhakriya Parva)Om! After having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara, the most exaltedmale being, and also to the goddess Saraswati, must the word Jaya beuttered.Vaisampayana said,--"Then, in the presence of Vasudeva, Maya Danava,having worshipped Arjuna, repeatedly spoke unto him with joined handsand in amiable words,--'O son of Kunti, saved have I been by thee from thisKrishna in spate and from Pavaka (fire) desirous of consuming me. Tell mewhat I have to do for thee.'"Arjuna said,--'O great Asura, everything hath already been done by thee(even by this offer of thine). Blest be thou. Go whithersoever thou likest.Be kind and well-disposed towards me, as we are even kind to and well-