Vana Parva

Kiratarjuniya

Mahabharta Book 3 Vana Parva (The Book of the Forest) (also Aranyaka Parva, Aranya Parva) is the book in the Mahabharata that discusses the twelve-year exile of the Pandavas in the forest.

It is one of the longest of the 18 books in the Mahabharata, and contains in it both the story of Arjuna and the Kirata, and that of Nala and Damayanti.

Sub - Parvas

This book has 13 sub-parvas and 312 sections. The following are the sub-parvas:

1. Aranyaka Parva (sections: 1-10)

2. Kirmirabadha Parva (section: 11)

3. Arjunabhigamana Parva (sections: 12-37)

4. Kairata Parva (sections: 38-41)

5. Indralokagamana Parva (sections: 42-51)

6. Nalopakhyana Parva (sections: 52-79)

7. Tirtha-yatra Parva (sections: 80-180)

8. Markandeya-Samasya Parva (sections: 181-230)

9. Draupadi-Satyabhama Samvada Parva (sections: 231-233)

10. Ghosha-yatra Parva (sections: 234-258)

11. Draupadi-harana Parva (sections: 259-290)

12. Pativrata-mahatmya Parva (sections: 291-308)

13. Aranya Parva (sections: 309-312)

External links

• English Translation, readable
• Translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli.