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Mahābhārata I: Ādiparvan (The Book of the Beginning)

Vyasa

The frames of the poem —Ugraśravas's recitation in the Naimiṣa forest and Vaiśampāyana's at Janamejaya's sacrifice—, the genealogies, the birth of Vyāsa and of the princes by niyoga, the childhood of Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas, the house of lac, the contest for Draupadī and the founding of Indraprastha. It also contains the story of Śakuntalā.