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
- UID108Mahabharata in summary and its greatness
- UID109Story of King Uparichara; Birth of Sathyavathi and Vyasa
- UID110About pre-incarnation of Mahabharata characters
- UID111Devas and Asuras on Earth
- UID112About the birth of various creatures on Earth
- UID113Dushmantha and Sakuntala
- UID114Geneology of kings 1
- UID115How the Devas acquired the Sanjivani from Asuras
- UID116Story of Yayathi
- UID117Yayathi's fall from heaven; discourse with Ashtaka
- UID118Geneology of kings 2