🪷 Mahābhārata · 3.257.1
Vana-Parva (Āraṇyaka) · The Book of the Forest · Chapter 257 · Verse 1
Place in the Mahābhārata
- This is verse 1 of Chapter 257 in Vana-Parva (Āraṇyaka) (Parva 3 of 18)
- Parva theme: 12-year forest exile · Nala-Damayantī · Sāvitrī · Yakṣa-Praśna (ch 313)
- Total verses in this Parva: 10,318
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