Sri Aurobindo
Early Cultural Writings
(1890 — 1910)
Part Two. On Literature
The Poetry of Kalidasa
On the Mahabharata
Mahabharat — Dronapurva
1. उदीर्णं ... व्यावृत्तेऽर्यम्नि आत्ययिकः
In this adhyaya slokas 261 to 35 and half 36 and 46 belong to the epic: the rest is introduction, framework and padding.
2. The first three verses are alternative openings. 1 belongs to the epic.
संमृज्य ... उल्लालयन् भावं कुर्वीत शौण्ड. उपासङ्ग नागकक्ष्या भाण्ड संप्रहारोपपन्न सन्नहनोपपन्ना ज्या कांस्यं कूबर वरूथिनं
Sloka 31. may be rejected, perhaps, as a mere repetition of a former verse.
1 This refers probably to the verse beginning with the words पतिते भरतश्रेष्ठे, which is numbered 24 or 25 in some editions. — Ed.