Khandavadaha Parva
Summary
This is the 19th of the 100 Upa Parvas (Sections), situated in Adi Parva, the first of the 18 Maha Parvas (Books) of the original Mahabharata composed in Sanskrit by Vyasa. As the name suggests, this Upa Parva mainly describes the burning of the Khandava forest. This Upa Parva contains Sarangopakhyana, the story of the four Saranga birds that survived the burning of the Khandava forest. The South Indian Recension also has, in this Upa Parva, the popular story of Shvetaki and Agni, which is not included in the Pune Critical Edition of Mahabharata.
This Upa Parva has a total of 338 Shlokas organized into 12 Chapters (214-224). And with this ends the Adi Parva - the first Maha Parva of the epic.
Kannada translation
- ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರೂಪ್ಯನಲಾಗಮನ
- ಅರ್ಜುನಾಗ್ನಿಸಂವಾದ
- ಗಾಂಡೀವಾದಿದಾನ
- ಇಂದ್ರಕ್ರೋಧ
- ದೇವಕೃಷ್ಣಾರ್ಜುನಯುದ್ಧ
- ಮಯದರ್ಶನ
- ಶಾಂಗೃಕೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನ-೧
- ಶಾಂಗೃಕೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನ-೨
- ಶಾಂಗೃಕೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನ-೩
- ಶಾಂಗೃಕೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನ-೪
- ಶಾಂಗೃಕೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನ-೫
- ಶಾಂಗೃಕೋಪಾಖ್ಯಾನ-೬