Excerpt from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa: Translated Into English Prose This publication of the new edition of the English version of the Mahabharata is now taken in hand. The first edition of this work was brought out long, long ago by late Mr. Pratap Chandra Roy, c.i.e. His was the object inspired by noble patriotism, in as much as all the copies of his edition were intended for free distribution. But, unfortu mately, this noble object failed of its purpose and that to the nauseating vileness of many of the recipients of his charity, who took advantage of Pratap Babu's noble simplicity, they having sold out their copies for a money value. It is highly regrettable that many a golden undertaking had this way been smothered out of existence. The result was, the work was priced at Rs. 50/ per copy. People who thirsted after the knowledge of this mighty Mahabharata had no opportunity of going through it at all, for the first edition consisted of a very few copies only. The mantle of Mr. Roy then fell upon late Mr. Manmatha Nath Datta, m.a., who, too, made an earnest attempt at the publication of an English Mahabharata but alas! He was called away before the completion of his huge literary venture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.