Vana Parva
The Book of the Forest. Twelve years of exile filled with pilgrimages, divine encounters, and timeless sub-stories including Nala-Damayanti and Savitri-Satyavan. Arjuna obtains celestial weapons while Yudhishthira faces the Yaksha's questions.
Lessons in this chapter
- Vanaprastha: Into the Forest — Pandavas begin twelve years exile
- Tirtha: The Sacred Journey — Pilgrimage to holy sites begins
- Tapasya: Arjuna's Penance — Arjuna seeks divine weapons
- Kirata: The Hunter God — Shiva tests Arjuna in disguise
- Divya Astra: Weapons of the Gods — Arjuna trains with Indra in heaven
- Katha: The Story of Nala - Part 1 — Nala wins Damayanti's swayamvara
- Dharma Patni: The Story of Nala - Part 2 — Nala loses all to Kali's dice
- Punarmilana: The Story of Nala - Part 3 — Nala and Damayanti reunite
- Pativrata: Savitri's Devotion - Part 1 — Savitri chooses doomed Satyavan
- Mrityu Jaya: Savitri's Devotion - Part 2 — Savitri outwits Yama
- Hanuman: The Encounter of Brothers — Bhima meets his divine brother
- Apaharana: Jayadratha's Folly — Jayadratha abducts Draupadi
- Shraapa: The Cursed King — Jayadratha humiliated and cursed
- Rishi Katha: Tales of the Sages — Markandeya tells ancient stories
- Dharma Prashna: Questions of a Yaksha — Yaksha tests Yudhishthira
- Jnana: The Answers of Dharma — Yudhishthira saves his brothers
- Ajnata: Preparing for Disguise — Planning the hidden year
- Sankalpa: The Vow to Return — Forest exile ends with resolve
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