Here is the complete Mahabharata translated into English prose directly from the original sanskrit text by Pratap Chandra Roy. Every of the 12 volumes are about 500 pages and they are huge files, so please be patient when downloading. The Mahabharata is one of the two major Indian hero-epics, The Ramayana being the other one, and it is usually attributed to the poet Vyasa. Mahabharata is nearly 3.000 years old and in size it is more than ten times larger than the Iliad and the Odyssey combined.

Download the entire Mahabharata here:

Mahabharata VOL 1 – The Adi Parva, 540 pages,  35 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 2 – Sabha Parva & Vana Parva I, 434 pages, 28 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 3 – Vana Parva II, 428 pages, 25 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 4 – Virata & Udyoga Parva, 542 pages, 25 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 5 – Bhisma Parva, 344 pages, 23 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 6 – Drona Parva, 506 pages, 24 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 7 – Karna, Salya Sauptika, Stree Parvas, 592 pages, 28 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 8 – Santi Parva I, 420 pages, 29 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 9 – Santi Parva II, 422 pages, 21 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 10 – Santi Parva III, Anusasana Parva I, 422 pages, 20 MB.

Mahabharata VOL 11 – Anusasana Parva, 418 pages, 21 MB.

Mahabharata VOL I2 – Awamedha, Asramavasika, Mahaprasthanika, Swarga-Rohanika Parvas, 316 pages, 15 MB.

36 Responses to “Mahabharata – all volumes in 12 PDF-files”

1. sananth
   August 18th, 2011 @ 4:24 pm

   i want to teach for students

2. admin
   August 18th, 2011 @ 4:27 pm

   Thats great Sananth, noone here will stop your plans :-)

3. carlos vanilla
   August 24th, 2011 @ 9:26 am

   University of Toronto Canada Hello, I’ll try to translate
   the 12 volumes in my language (Brazilian) was actually a
   very hard work, but the realization came with all the
   perfection.

   translation

4. Priti
   September 30th, 2011 @ 11:37 am

   Helllo y dont u put up vedas, and other upanishads and puranas also here dat r translated frm direct sanskrit original scripts.
   Nowadays we dont get these books wit original meanings as wat r availabl in markets are writtn down frm othrs translated wrks….
   Plz try:-)

5. Ramakrishnan
   October 3rd, 2011 @ 10:18 am

   Great work. Imagine the work done by Pratap Chandra Roy CIE. Is this book available on Print. I am willing to purchase.

6. Rudresh
   October 8th, 2011 @ 11:57 am

   so………………. nice i like so……… much………………….

7. Sayantan Mukherjee
   October 14th, 2011 @ 5:35 pm

   I like to read some books by the author silananda brahmachari regarding buddhism. Please help the books name like “MAHASANTI MAHAPREM”. Waiting for the positive response.

8. Nelson Ganancial
   October 15th, 2011 @ 7:28 am

   I am a history major and is very much interested in having a good collection of religious readings. However, the PDF files of Mahabharata vols 8-12 appeared to be corrupted. The same is true to the Holy Quran PDF, hope you can find any solution. As to myself I downloaded the latest version of the Adobe Reader but just the same these files are unreadable. Please help.

9. admin
   October 15th, 2011 @ 10:51 am

   Dear Nelson, I have just checked. The files are ok. However, if many people are downloading at the same time, as it happens often here, it might take some time to finish download.Many of the books we have are huge files.
   You will always get the best result if you right-click the download link and chose save to harddrive instead of opening the book in your browser. Browser are generally not build for handling 20+ MB pdf files and unfortunately they often crash when performing such tasks.

   Admin

10. krishna
    November 2nd, 2011 @ 5:57 pm

    great work…….truly commendable

11. suman
    November 4th, 2011 @ 1:19 pm

    thank you very much

12. karthik
    November 6th, 2011 @ 6:22 am

    Good work pratap chandra roy……

13. loveu
    November 8th, 2011 @ 4:47 am

    Thanks for translating in English. I want in hindi language too in original form. It’ll be helpful & meaningful to main other.

14. admin
    November 8th, 2011 @ 9:12 am

    Hi loveu, I can not help you on that one. On this site I concentrate on books in English. I am sure you can find Mahabharata in Hindi many other places.

    Best wishes
    Admin

15. Krish
    November 9th, 2011 @ 12:06 pm

    thank you very much

16. Suman
    November 25th, 2011 @ 11:36 am

    some of the volumes of Mahabharatha are damaged, for example 3 and 4. Can they be uploaded again pl.

17. admin
    November 25th, 2011 @ 11:41 am

    They work perfectly from here. Please remember that they are huge files. For the best experience, right-click the link and choose save as. Then save the book to your hard drive. Browser are not good at handling large files for online reading.

    I hope this helps, otherwise please let me know.

    Admin

18. Bendalam Krishna Rao
    November 28th, 2011 @ 5:58 pm

    Thanks for translating in English.

19. eka
    November 29th, 2011 @ 1:07 pm

    Thanks for translate it into english,i’m from Indonesia and familiar with Mahabarata & Ramayana but it in our version. This one is awesome,i’m glad to finally found this epoc in it’s native version.Thank you so much.

20. zubeenn
    December 4th, 2011 @ 2:34 pm

    truely a commendable work…..

21. kpfindia2009
    December 5th, 2011 @ 4:59 pm

    Translater = Kisari Mohan Ganguli !!!
    Publisher = Pratap Chandra Roy (only)

    Kisari Mohan Ganguli (also K. M. Ganguli) was an Indian translator, who is most known for the first complete English translation of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata published as The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose between 1883 to 1896 by Pratap Chandra Roy (1842–1895), a Calcutta bookseller, who owned a printing press, and collected funds for the project to translate 18 books of the Mahabharat.

22. adarsh patil
    December 16th, 2011 @ 5:49 pm

    great job!!!

23. admin
    December 16th, 2011 @ 5:53 pm

    Thanks Adarsh!

    Admin

24. onkar
    December 22nd, 2011 @ 7:50 pm

    thanks

25. shipra
    December 23rd, 2011 @ 1:13 pm

    @ carlos vanilla, can be in touch anytime if we can be of any help while translating this epic in your language.

    @ Admin, yes you should upload few more religious books over here, i m there if any support needed.

26. yallappa
    January 3rd, 2012 @ 7:27 am

    i want to read

27. Shashank
    January 7th, 2012 @ 7:36 am

    Priti

    try Griffith translation for Vedas i have both sanskrit & english copies & both match. But those books are very different as those are abstract meanings

28. nilesh
    January 7th, 2012 @ 5:11 pm

    Hi,
    I just gone through all u r links but I wanted whole mahabharta in hindi or in marathi can u provide me suitable link on my mail …

29. admin
    January 7th, 2012 @ 5:46 pm

    Hi Nilesh, sorry I only post books in English here on the site. I know the Mahabharata can be found in Hindi several places.
    Admin

30. anand m.s (S.R.P)
    January 10th, 2012 @ 12:49 pm

    it is one of the Indian holy epic(Purana).
    i hope it will helps to go in dharmic path wo will read this

31. anand m.s (S.R.P)
    January 10th, 2012 @ 12:52 pm

    i thanks pratap Chandra Roy

32. kaushal kaloo
    January 16th, 2012 @ 5:26 pm

    thanks a lot to give me this auspicious mahabharata with its original composition .

33. Murali
    January 24th, 2012 @ 10:51 am

    It is a splendid work.Satisfy those who love the Purana & our Hindu culture. Thanks to Pratap Chandra Roy.

34. Murali
    January 24th, 2012 @ 10:52 am

    Thanks to Pratap Chandra Roy.

35. raj
    January 29th, 2012 @ 6:40 am

    i want to learn sanskrit online

36. Madusudan
    February 13th, 2012 @ 6:39 pm

    Mahabharat is a great epik. I like it

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