The Rising Sea While the war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas is at the heart of the epic, the first few parvas have much else in them. The Adi Parva is huge and much of it isn't about the Kurus, and even less of it is about the Pandavas. We are hundreds of pages into the Adi Parva when the snake sacrifice ends and Janamejaya settles down to hear the story of his ancestors.
Jayary Newsletter # 94
Jayary Newsletter # 94
Jayary Newsletter # 94
The Rising Sea While the war between the Pandavas and the Kauravas is at the heart of the epic, the first few parvas have much else in them. The Adi Parva is huge and much of it isn't about the Kurus, and even less of it is about the Pandavas. We are hundreds of pages into the Adi Parva when the snake sacrifice ends and Janamejaya settles down to hear the story of his ancestors.