A Summary of the Svargarohana Parva
This post contains a summary of the Svargarohana Parva which describes Yudhishthira’s final test and subsequent ascent to the heavenly realms.
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A Summary of the Mahaprasthanika Parva
This post contains a summary of the Mahaprasthanika Parva which describes the Pandavas leaving their kingdom and climbing the Himalayas for their final ascent.
A Summary of the Mausala Parva
This post contains a summary of the Mausala Parva which describes how the Vrishni’s destroyed each other. The parva ends with a deeply disillusioned Arjuna wanting to adopt the sanyasa way of life.
A Summary of the Ashramvasika Parva
This post is a summary of the Ashramvasika Parva of The Mahabharata. In this parva, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari, Vidura, and Kunti leave the palace and retire to the forest.
The sad incident of the end of Sri Krishna’s Vrishni race also occurs in this parva.
A Summary of the Anusasana Parva
This post provides a summary of the Anusasana Parva in which the duties described by Bhishma to Yudhishthira are explained in even greater detail.
A Summary of the Ashwamedhika Parva
This post provides a summary of the Ashwamedhika Parva which contains the events that happened after the war was over and the Pandavas conducted an Ashwamedhika Yagna to consolidate their kingdom.
A Summary of the Shanti Parva
This post provides a summary of the Shanti Parva in which Bhishma describes various duties of a king while also explaining the proper context and reasons for those duties.
A Summary of the Stri Parva
This post provides a summary of the 11th parva of the Mahabharata — The Stri Parva. This is a parva of mourning where everyone who survived the war, mourned the loss of loved ones on the battlefield.
A Summary of the Sauptika Parva
This post contains a summary of the 10th parva — The Sauptika Parva. The words ‘Sauptika’ means ‘sleeping’. It describes the incidents when Drona’s son sets out to destroy the Panchalad and Pandavas when they were sleeping.
A Summary of the Shalya Parva
This post provides a summary of the Shalya Parva which describes the events of the last day of the Mahabhata war when King Shalya was made the commander-in-chief of the Kaurava army.
A Summary of the Karna Parva
This post summarises the events that occured in the Mahabharata war when Karna was the commander-in-chief of the Kaurava army.
A Summary of the Drona Parva
The Drona Parva describes the incidents of the Mahabharata war during the period when Drona was the commander of the Kaurava army. It covers the battle from the 11th day to the 15th day when Drona was slain.