Chapters
- C01Pauranika Sauti speaks at Saunaka's 12 year Yagnya
- C02Curse on the Sarpa clan & how they escaped annihilation
- C03Rishi Vaisampayana speaks
- C04The immediate past generations
- C05The birth of the Kuru princes
- C06The Princes early years and education
- C07Duryodhana's jealousy; The travails of the Pandavas
- C08Marriage to Draupadi
- C09Dritharashtra settles a separate kingdom on Pandavas
- C10Arjuna's banishment and travels
Units
- UID103Uthanka asks for Takshaka to be punished for Parikshit's death
- UID104History of Brigu race--story of Pauloma
- UID105 History of Brigu race--story of Ruru
- UID106Astika saves the sarpa clan from annihilation
- UID107 Sauti speaks of Vaisampayana reciting Mahabharata to Janamejaya