Aranyaka Parva: Years in the Forest

Twelve years in the forest: stories told to the exiles, and the guardian of the lake who asks the questions.

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Sources

Every verse in this lecture can be checked against these texts.

Mahabharata, Vana Parva
3.297.57
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahabharata, Vana Parva
3.297.71
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0
Mahabharata, Vana Parva
3.3-3.4 (the Sun's gift of food, paraphrased)
Translation
Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use
Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Mahabharata, Vana Parva

3.297-3.298 (the Yaksha at the lake, Dharma revealed, the boons, paraphrased)

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Mahabharata, Vana Parva

Nala, Savitri and the Ramayana story are told in the Vana Parva (summary, paraphrased)

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

Mahabharata, Vana Parva

Akshaya vessel and the 'greatest wonder' question: later tradition only, not in the Critical Edition text

Translation: Vidya working translation, pending scholar review
Terms of use: Sanskrit text public domain; translation CC BY-SA 4.0

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This lecture was narrated from texts reviewed by our scholar reviewers. The teacher character is an artistic interpretation.

About the teacher

The Sage Narrator is an artistic character, not a historical person. Where a story comes from later tradition rather than the critical text, he says so.