This page is to provide links to texts and resources associated with the Mahabharata. It is being constantly updated. Please feel free to mention any other sites you have found to be helpful in the comments (bottom).
This Web site is rich with information on the Mahabharata. It is from James L. Fitzgerald, currently working on finishing the J. A. B. van Buitenen translation. "The purpose of this web page is to introduce those unfamiliar with the Mahābhārata to this literary and spiritual marvel and to provide initial and basic assistance in becoming familiar with the text to anyone who wants such help." If you have a few years and feel like reading the Mahabharata you can here. The Ganguli English translation of the Mahabharata is the only complete one in the public domain. You can download it directly here. However, you can read another edition here, although you have to register first. This is a electronic text of the Mahabharata. Based on John Smith's revision of Prof. Muneo Tokunaga's version of the text, it was subjected to detailed checking by a team of assistants based in the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) in Pune, and is made available with BORI's agreement. You can also read a Rajagopalachari's version of the Mahabharata online. You can watch the Indian serialization of the Mahabharata on this YouTube playlist. It has all 94 episodes of Dr. B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat with English subtitles. Some information on the Indonesian shadow puppet theater, which includes in its repetior stories from the Mahabharata as well as the Ramayana, can be found at our blog here. Remember that the Bhagavad Gita is a selection from the Mahabharata. You can watch the Gita part of Peter Brookes adaptation on YouTube. 
tapo na kalko'dhyayanaM na kalkaH
svAbhAviko vedavidhir na kalkaH prasahya vittAharaNaM na kalka- stAnyeva bhAvopahatAni kalkaH Tapa is innocent, study is harmless, the ordinance of the Vedas prescribed for all the tribes are harmless, the acquisition of wealth by exertion is harmless; But when they are abused in their practices it is then that they become sources of evil. Translation by Kisari Mohan Ganguli |
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