The Mahabharata

The Mahabharata of Krishna – Dwaipayana Vyasa

translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli [published between 1883 and 1896]

The Ganguli English translation of the Mahabharata is the only complete one in the public domain. Books 1-4 were proofed at Distributed Proofing (Juliet Sutherland, Project Manager), from page images scanned at sacred-texts.com. Books 5-7 and 12-15 were proofed at sacred-texts.com by John Bruno Hare. Books 8-11 and 16-18 were proofed by Mantra Caitanya.

  • Book 1: Adi Parva
  • Book 2: Sabha Parva
  • Book 3: Vana Parva
  • Book 4: Virata Parva
  • Book 5: Udyoga Parva
  • Book 6: Bhishma Parva
  • Book 7: Drona Parva
  • Book 8: Karna Parva
  • Book 9: Shalya Parva
  • Book 10: Sauptika Parva
  • Book 11: Stri Parva
  • Book 12: Santi Parva
  • Book 13: Anusasana Parva
  • Book 14: Aswamedha Parva
  • Book 15: Asramavasika Parva
  • Book 16: Mausala Parva
  • Book 17: Mahaprasthanika Parva
  • Book 18: Svargarohanika Parva