This critical edition of the Mahabharata offers excerpts from the Sabha Parva and Udyoga Parva, translated by K M Ganguli. A detailed introduction opens important scholarly questions that are relevant to the excerpts. Essays and selections from some crucial academic research of scholars like Radhavallabh Tripathi, Sheldon Pollock, Alf Hiltebeitel, Irawati Karve, Kevin McGrath and Angelika Malinar have also been included to familiarise the reader with the debates within and around this great epic. This revised edition brings the text up to date with the latest syllabus requirements. The updated Introduction offers a critical appraisal of Krishna Vasudeva’s peace pact to the Kauravas.