Mahabharata · Parva 15
Ashramavasika Parva
Āśramavāsikaparvan
Complete · 41 adhyayas · 1,098 verses
Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti retire to the forest; Vyasa shows the living the fallen warriors for one night; the elders perish in a forest fire.
Adhyayas
1The Pandavas Serve Dhritarashtra27 v2Yudhishthira Honours Dhritarashtra30 v3Dhritarashtra Resolves to Go to the Forest40 v4Yudhishthira Pleads with Dhritarashtra47 v5Vyasa Counsels Yudhishthira22 v6Dhritarashtra's Counsel on Kingship47 v7Dhritarashtra's Lesson on the Circle of States20 v8Dhritarashtra's Counsel on Statecraft23 v9Dhritarashtra Asks the People's Leave24 v10Dhritarashtra Begs the People's Forgiveness19 v11The Brahmin Answers for the People53 v12Dhritarashtra Asks Leave for the Funeral Rites; Bhima's Anger24 v13Yudhishthira Opens His Treasury to Dhritarashtra13 v14Vidura Brings the Pandavas' Answer to Dhritarashtra15 v15The Great Gifts for the Fallen18 v16Dhritarashtra Leaves Hastinapura for the Forest13 v17Kunti Resolves to Follow Dhritarashtra into the Forest32 v18Kunti Explains Why She Roused Her Sons21 v19Dhritarashtra Camps on the Bank of the Ganga24 v20Dhritarashtra Begins His Austerities at Shatayupa's Hermitage18 v21Narada Tells of Kings Who Won Heaven by Austerity22 v22Narada Foretells Dhritarashtra's Journey to Kubera's Abode16 v23The Pandavas and the City Mourn16 v24Yudhishthira Sets Out to See the Elders26 v25The Pandavas Reach the Hermitage in Kurukshetra18 v26The Pandavas Reach Dhritarashtra's Hermitage20 v27Sanjaya Names the Pandavas and Their Wives to the Hermits19 v28Vidura Leaves His Body38 v29Yudhishthira Visits the Hermitages; Vyasa Arrives26 v30Vyasa Reveals Vidura as Dharma25 v31Vyasa Offers a Boon; Dhritarashtra and Gandhari Ask to See the Dead56 v32Kunti Tells Vyasa the Secret of Karna's Birth24 v33Vyasa Reveals the Divine Origins of the Fallen25 v34The Slain Warriors Rise from the Ganga21 v35The Dead Meet Their Kin and Depart34 v36Why the Dead Can Return18 v37Janamejaya Sees Parikshit Again18 v38The Pandavas Take Leave and Return to Hastinapura53 v39Narada Reports the Death of Dhritarashtra45 v40Yudhishthira Laments the Fire21 v41The Funeral Rites; End of the Ashramavasika Parva27 v