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The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient
India. It is an epic narrative of the Kurukshetra War and the fates
of the Kauravas and the Pandava princes as well as containing
philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the
four goals of life. Here we have Vana Parva, the third, which
discusses the twelve-year exile of the Pandavas in the forest. It
is one of the longest of the eighteen books in the Mahabharata, and
contains in it both the story of Arjuna and the Kirata, and that of
Nala and Damayanti. Vyasa is a revered figure in Hindu traditions.
He is a kala-Avatar or part-incarnation of God Vishnu. Vyasa is
sometimes conflated by some Vaishnavas with Badarayana, the
compiler of the Vedanta Sutras and considered to be one of the
seven Chiranjivins. He is also the fourth member of the Rishi
Parampara of the Advaita Guru Parampar of which Adi Shankara is the
chief proponent.
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