శ్రీమహాభారతం — The Mahabharata of Vyasa, Telugu Edition | All 18 Parvas + Bhagavad Gita, Shlokas in Devanagari & Telugu Script

⚔️ శ్రీమహాభారతం, మీ భాషలో. వ్యాస మహర్షి రచించిన మహాభారతం, భీష్మ ప్రతిజ్ఞ నుండి స్వర్గారోహణం వరకు పద్దెనిమిది పర్వాల సంపూర్ణ కథ, సరళమైన తెలుగులో, సంక్షిప్త భగవద్గీతతో. The complete Mahabharata from Vyasa’s Sanskrit, retold in simple Telugu, with the key shlokas in both Devanagari and Telugu script.

Most of us know the Mahabharata from television, Harikatha and retellings. This edition goes back to the source: the Critical Edition (పరిష్కృత ప్రతి), the scholarly text prepared over nearly fifty years at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune, from more than a thousand manuscripts. It follows Vyasa’s order of events and marks clearly which well-loved details come from Vyasa and which were added later.

Language: The story is in Telugu. Every shloka is printed in Devanagari and in Telugu script, so you can recite it even if you don’t read Devanagari. Each has a Telugu meaning (తాత్పర్యం) and an English meaning. Section titles are in Telugu and English.

What's inside (80 pages)

• ఉపోద్ఘాతం · Introduction: Vyasa and the frame of the epic, the eighteen parvas, the people and the family of the Kurus
• ఆదిపర్వం: Bhishma’s vow, the births, Drona and Ekalavya, the house of lac, Draupadi’s svayamvara and Indraprastha
• సభాపర్వం: the rajasuya, the game of dice and Draupadi in the hall
• అరణ్య, విరాట పర్వాలు: Arjuna and Shiva, Bhima and Hanuman, Nala, Savitri, Karna’s armour, the Yaksha’s questions and the year in disguise (కంకుభట్టు, వలలుడు, బృహన్నల, సైరంధ్రి)
• ఉద్యోగపర్వం: Krishna’s choice, Vidura Niti, శ్రీకృష్ణ రాయబారం and Karna’s choice
• భీష్మపర్వం: the Bhagavad Gita in brief, with six of its great verses, and Bhishma on the అంపశయ్య
• The war: Abhimanyu in the పద్మవ్యూహం, Jayadratha, the fall of Drona, Karna’s chariot wheel, the eighteenth day and the night raid
• After the war: Gandhari’s lament and curse, Bhishma’s teachings, the Vishnu Sahasranama and the horse sacrifice
• The last journey: the end of the Yadavas, Krishna’s departure, Dharmaraja and the dog, and heaven
• 29 key shlokas, each with its parva, chapter and verse number, a Telugu meaning and an English meaning
• Companion pages:
  • the eighteen days of the war, and the Gita chapter by chapter
  • the hard questions of dharma
  • what Vyasa says and what he doesn’t
  • places of the Mahabharata, and the many Mahabharatas, beginning with the Andhra Mahabharatamu of Nannaya, Tikkana and Errana
  • reading at home, common doubts, the story at a glance and a glossary

Why this edition

• Every verse is quoted directly from the Critical Edition, and every event is checked against it. The Telugu has been proofread.
• Clear Telugu script, in which every conjunct renders correctly. Shlokas are printed in both scripts.
• “వ్యాసుడు ఏమంటారు” notes cover details often told differently today. In the Critical Edition, Ganesha does not write down the epic, and at Draupadi’s svayamvara there is no fish.
• Honest about the epic’s hardest questions: Draupadi’s question, Karna’s loyalty, Dharmaraja’s half-truth.
• An evergreen edition, with no dates that go out of date.

Frequently asked questions

Is the whole book in Telugu? Yes. The story is told in Telugu. The shlokas are in Sanskrit, in Devanagari and Telugu script, with Telugu and English meanings, and headings carry an English title too.

Is there an English-only version? Yes. “The Mahabharata of Vyasa” (English edition) is also available in our store.

Is this the complete Mahabharata? It retells the complete story of all eighteen parvas with 29 key verses. It is not a verse-by-verse translation of the epic’s nearly 74,000 verses.

Does it include the Bhagavad Gita? It includes a summary of the Gita’s teaching, six of its best-known verses and a chapter-by-chapter guide. It is not the full Gita.

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Can I read it on my phone? Yes. It's an A5 PDF that reads well on any phone or tablet and prints neatly at home.

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