The Sages Gather
At the twelve-years’ sacrifice of the sage Saunaka, the assembled Munis sit within the sacrificial ground, the holy fire alive before them — and so the great recitation of the Bharata begins.
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The Invocation
Om! Having bowed down to Narayana and Nara, the word Jaya is uttered — the mighty egg, the four-faced Brahma, and the cosmic wheel of ages that opens the great Bharata.
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The Scribe
Brahma retires, and the blue Rishi calls upon Ganesa to be the writer of the great poem — and the elephant-faced Lord bends his pen to the eternal verse.
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The Three Fires
Above the sacred fire gathers the vision of the honoured sage Vyasa, who raised up Dhritarashtra, Pandu and Vidura — the heirs of Kuru, like the three fires — and then returned to his recluse abode.
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The Reciter
When the Bharata passes from hand to hand: Vyasa instructs Vaisampayana, who recites the great history to the Sadasyas at the sacrifice — and Sauti claims his hundred thousand verses.
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The Sons of Pandu
Pandu abides with the Munis in the forest; the gods answer the queens, and the Pandavas — Yudhishthira, Bhimasena, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva — are presented at Hastinapura amid showers of flowers and the acclamation of all the people.
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