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As the popular saying in the great epic---Mahabharata goes, "Whatever is here, that will be seen around the world outside. What is not here, will not be found anywhere else in the world". These are the words of none other than the Sage Krsna Dvaipayana Vyasa, the renowned compiler of this epic. And this is the reason why the Mahabharata is called the Fifth Veda, apart from the well known four Vedas.

The Mahabharata has 18 books called Parvans and a Khila Parvan (Supplement) known as the Harivamsa. The latter seems to have developed as an independent Purana in the later period. Out of the fourteen stories in the present book, the following nine are derived from the Mahabharata.

The stories culled from the different parts of the epic, convey the simple message of victory of goodness over negative forces of evil. The readers will remain connected to the ancient links which seem to have been forgotten in the modern world.