THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XX On the son born of mare by Hari 1-2. Janamejaya said: “O Bhagavān! A great doubt has arisen in my mind on this subject. Who was it that took away that son, when both Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa left it, in that forlorn state, in a forest without any person there to look after?” 3-11. Vyāsa

THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XXI On the installation of Ekavīra and the birth of Ekāvalī 1-10. Vyāsa said: O King! In the meanwhile the King Turvasu performed the Jātakarma (a religious ceremony performed at the birth of a child) and other ceremonies of the child. The boy was nurtured duly and began to grow older day by day. The King

THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XXII On the narration to Haihaya the stealing away of Ekāvalī 1-10. Yaśovatī spoke: O King! One day Ekāvalī got up early in the morning and went to the banks of the Ganges, accompanied by her companions; they began to fan her with a chowry. The armed guards accompanied her. Slowly she went where there were

THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XXIII On the battle of Haihaya and Kālaketu 1. Vyāsa said: O King! That powerful son of Lakṣmī, Haihaya, became very glad to hear these words of Yaśovatī and said: 2-14. O One of beautiful thighs! Hear in reply to your query: I am Haihaya, the son of Lakṣmī, and I am known in this world

THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XXIV On the description of Vikṣepa Śakti 1-5. The King Janamejaya said: “O Bhagavān! I am not satiated with the drink of the divine sweet nectar-like words coming out of your lotus mouth. You have described to me in detail the wonderful and variegated story of the origin of the Haihaya dynasty; but, O Muni! There

THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XXV On the cause of Moha of Vyāsa Deva asked before Nārada 1-10. Vyāsa said: O King! The mother became astonished to hear me. Becoming very anxious for a son, she began to speak to me: O Child! The wife of your brother, the daughter Ambālikā of Kāśīrāj, is a widow; she is very sorrowful; she

THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XXVI On the description by Nārada of his own Moha 1-13. Vyāsa said: O King! When I asked him why this delusion overtook me, Mahāṛṣi Nārada smiled and said: “O son of Parāsara! You are thoroughly acquainted with all the Purāṇas. Why then are you making this question about the cause of my Moha (delusion). No

THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XXVII On the marriage of Nārada and his face getting transformed into that of a monkey 1-13. Nārada said: On hearing these words of her daughter from her nurse, the King addressed the queen Kaikeyi, of lovely eyes, standing close by, thus: “Have you heard what the nurse has said? Damayantī has mentally chosen the monkey-faced

THE SIXTH BOOK Chapter XXVIII On Nārada’s getting the feminine form 1-11. Nārada said: O Thou whose only wealth consists in asceticism! I am now describing to you all those good stories; hear attentively. O Muni! This Māyā and Her Power are incomprehensible even by those who are the foremost amongst the Yogins. This whole Universe, moving and non-moving, from