If even you concede no one possesses Vyasa's original, what exactly are we calling accurate? That's not a side point, it's my case. BORI CE is a critical reconstruction, assembled by editors choosing among variants, not a recovered autograph. Accuracy requires a stable, verifiable source. You've admitted none exists. So the honest position isn't "the Mahabharata is accurate"; it's "we have many versions and scholarly approximations." I'll grant your BORI point. It defeats the FOR claim, not mine.