Browse the Parvas
Open the Navigation Tree and choose Parvas. Flip through the eighteen books on the shelf, open one to see its chapters, pick a chapter to list its units, then open a unit to read.
Getting Started
How to read this edition
The Mahābhārata is vast. This edition gives you several ways to reach exactly the part you want — browse the books, look up a person, follow a story, or jump straight to a unit. Here is how each path works.
Look up a Person
Choose Characters to search people by name. Each profile lists the incidents they take part in, with direct links into the relevant units of the text.
Follow a Story
Choose Stories to explore curated reading paths — a category, then a story, opening straight into the reading view.
Search
Choose Search (or the floating search button) to find any Parva, chapter, unit, person or story by name — no need to remember a UID. It also lets you resume what you were last reading.