/lit/ - Literature

Has anyone here read the mahabharata? Is it worth reading?

Have you read it?
If so, was it worth it?
If not, do you plan to?

do I have to read ALL of the mahabharata?

‘Having bowed down to the primordial being Isana, to whom multitudes make offerings, and who is adored by the multitude; who is the true incorruptible one, Brahma, perceptible, imperceptible, eternal; who is both a non-existing and an existing-non-existing being; who is the universe and also distinct from the existing and non-existing universe; who is the creator of high and low; the ancient, exalted, inexhaustible one.'

Yeah, but does he exist?

How badly did the British occupation of India mess this thing up? Where do I find a legit translation?