Introduction

Adi Parva (The Book of the Beginning) is the first of 18 books in the Mahabharata.

Contents

1. The Birth of Shakuntala

2. The Story of King Bharata

3. Shantanu's Tragic Pact with Ganga

4. Shantanu's Dilemma

5. Devavrata's Oath

6. The Princesses of Kashi

7. Parashurama's Wrath and the Kuru Succession Crisis

8. The Burden of Legacy: Maharshi Vyasa's Duty to the Kuru Clan

9. Three Brothers: The Rise of Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura

10. A Sacred Boon from the Past

11. Pandu's Marriages and Misfortune

12. The Curse and the Secret: Pandu's Forest Exile

13. The Birth of the Pandavas and Pandu's Fate

Sources

1. महाभारत (book) by Om Books International

2. Mahabharat (2013 TV series) by Siddharth Kumar Tewary

3. www.wisdomlib.org