Mahabharata · Parva 14
Ashvamedhika Parva
Āśvamedhikaparvan
Complete · 118 adhyayas · 4,541 verses
Yudhishthira's horse sacrifice and Arjuna's campaign with the horse; it contains the Anugita, Krishna's teaching retold.
Adhyayas
1Dhritarashtra Consoles Yudhishthira on the Ganga Bank19 v2Krishna and Vyasa Urge Yudhishthira to Act22 v3Vyasa Prescribes the Horse Sacrifice23 v4The Lineage of King Marutta27 v5Brihaspati Promises Indra Not to Officiate for Marutta28 v6Marutta Turned Away by Brihaspati; Narada Sends Him to Samvarta33 v7Samvarta Agrees to Officiate for Marutta27 v8Samvarta Sends Marutta to Shiva's Gold on Mount Munjavat49 v9Agni Carries Indra's Message to Marutta37 v10Marutta's Sacrifice, and Vyasa Urges Yudhishthira to Take the Gold37 v11Krishna Tells the Story of Indra and Vritra20 v12Krishna on the Two Kinds of Affliction and the Battle Within17 v13Krishna on Possessiveness and the Song of Desire21 v14Yudhishthira Is Consoled and Enters Hastinapura16 v15The Golden Reign of Yudhishthira31 v16Krishna Asks to Return to Dvaraka35 v17Arjuna Asks for the Teaching Again: Kashyapa and the Siddha46 v18The Siddha Explains Death and Rebirth42 v19Karma, the Womb and the Conduct of the Good36 v20The Brahmin Teaches the Yoga of Seeing the Self66 v21The Brahmin and His Wife: The Sevenfold Sacrifice Within28 v22The Ten Priests, and the Contest of Speech and Mind26 v23The Seven Priests: Senses and Mind29 v24The Five Breaths Contend for Precedence25 v25Narada and Devamata on the Breaths19 v26The Four Priests of the Inner Sacrifice17 v27The One Teacher in the Heart18 v28The Great Forest of the Self25 v29The Adhvaryu and the Ascetic28 v30Kartavirya Arjuna and Parashurama22 v31Alarka Shoots Arrows at the Senses32 v32The Nine Enemies and Ambarisha's Verses on Greed13 v33Janaka and the Brahmin: No Territory of One's Own26 v34The Brahmin Declares the Self Beyond the Body8 v35The Brahmin's Wife Asks How the Self Is Grasped12 v36The Teacher Answers the Disciple: Brahma's Instruction to the Sages51 v37Brahma Describes Tamas, the Quality of Darkness36 v38Brahma Describes Rajas, the Quality of Passion18 v39Brahma Describes Sattva, the Quality of Goodness15 v40Brahma Explains the Three Qualities25 v41The Great Self and the Sense of Self18 v42The Elements, the Senses and Their Presiding Deities64 v43Brahma Names the Chiefs of Each Kind and the Marks of the Senses42 v44Brahma Names the First of Each Kind; All Works End but Knowledge22 v45The Wheel of Time and the Householder's Duties26 v46Brahma on the Student, the Forest-Dweller and the Renunciant58 v47The Tree of Brahman and the Two Birds17 v48Sattva and the Person: Brahma Answers the Sages13 v49The Sages Ask Which Dharma Is Highest17 v50Brahma's Teaching: Sattva, the Knower of the Field, and the Elements56 v51The Teacher and the Disciple: Krishna Asks to See His Father54 v52Arjuna Praises Krishna; Krishna Leaves for Dvaraka58 v53Krishna Meets Uttanka and Is Threatened with a Curse26 v54Krishna Teaches Uttanka the Truth of the Self25 v55Krishna Shows Udanka His Universal Form and Grants Him a Boon41 v56Udanka's Service to Gautama and the Quest for the Earrings34 v57Udanka Meets King Saudasa and Madayanti Asks for a Token28 v58Udanka Recovers the Earrings from the Nagas60 v59Krishna Returns to Dvaraka24 v60Krishna Tells Vasudeva of the War36 v61Vasudeva Learns of Abhimanyu's Death41 v62Funeral Rites for Abhimanyu; Vyasa Urges the Horse Sacrifice20 v63The Pandavas Resolve to Fetch Marutta's Treasure31 v64The Pandavas Encamp at the Mountain and Keep Their Vigil18 v65The Offerings to Shiva and the Digging Up of the Treasure22 v66Krishna Comes to Hastinapura and Kunti Begs Him to Revive the Child29 v67Subhadra Reminds Krishna of His Promise19 v68Krishna Enters the Birth Chamber and Uttara Laments24 v69Krishna Brings the Child Parikshit Back to Life26 v70Parikshit Is Named and Hastinapura Is Decorated for the Pandavas24 v71Vyasa Permits the Horse Sacrifice; Krishna Is Asked to Take the Consecration26 v72The Sacrificial Horse Is Released with Arjuna as Its Guardian26 v73Yudhishthira Is Consecrated and Arjuna Follows the Horse27 v74Arjuna Defeats the Trigartas35 v75Arjuna Fights Yajnadatta, Son of Bhagadatta20 v76Arjuna Defeats Yajnadatta, Son of Bhagadatta26 v77The Saindhavas Surround Arjuna and He Falls into a Swoon33 v78Arjuna Spares the Saindhavas at Duhshala's Plea47 v79Babhruvahana Fights Arjuna39 v80Chitrangada's Lament and Babhruvahana's Vow to Fast40 v81Ulupi Revives Arjuna with the Jewel21 v82Ulupi Explains the Vasus' Curse; Arjuna Departs31 v83Arjuna Defeats Meghasandhi of Magadha31 v84The Horse Wanders South and West to Gandhara19 v85Arjuna Defeats the Gandharas and Spares Shakuni's Son24 v86Bhima Prepares the Sacrificial Ground and the Kings Assemble42 v87Krishna Arrives and Delivers Arjuna's Message21 v88Arjuna Returns with the Horse25 v89Babhruvahana Comes; Vyasa Calls for the Sacrifice; the Rites Begin42 v90The Horse Sacrifice Completed; the Earth Given and Returned44 v91The Golden-Sided Mongoose Disparages the Sacrifice22 v92Nakula's Tale of the Gleaner and His Gift of Flour98 v93Indra's Sacrifice and the Sages' Dispute over Offerings36 v94Agastya's Sacrifice and the Rain38 v95The Mongoose Is Anger Freed from a Curse15 v96Krishna Declares the Vaishnava Dharma73 v97Krishna Teaches the Fates of the Four Orders46 v98Krishna on Vain Gifts and the Honour Due to Brahmins99 v99Pure and Impure Seed and Womb; the Gayatri; Honour Due to Brahmins61 v100The Road to Yama's City and How the Righteous Travel It122 v101Krishna on the Gift of Water and Food, and the Honouring of Guests90 v102The Merit of Giving Land, Maidens, Gold, Sesame and Cows84 v103Krishna Teaches the Fruits of Gifts and Vows125 v104The Five Great Sacrifices, the Rite of Bathing, and the Worship of Krishna115 v105The Ten Kapila Cows and the Merit of Giving a Kapila83 v106The Origin of the Kapila, the Gods Within Her, and Worthy Recipients of Gifts108 v107What Counts as Killing a Brahmin, Forbidden Food, and the Fruits of Gifts38 v108The Marks of Dharma, Honouring Ascetics and Fire, Worthy Brahmins, and the Gift of Food49 v109The Rules of Eating, the Handful for Cows, and the Merit of Sesame and Sugarcane39 v110Rules of Distress, Worthy Brahmins, and the Duties Toward Teachers65 v111The Agnihotra: The Three Fires, Their Names and Their Fruit101 v112The Rule of the Chandrayana Vow49 v113One Meal a Day through the Twelve Months54 v114The Year-Long Fast and the Twelve Dvadashi Worships52 v115The Equinox Gift, the Ashvattha, the Holy Fords and Atonement69 v116Who Is a True Brahmin, and the Worship of the Lord's Images31 v117The Sacred Triad, and How a Brahmin Loses His Brahmanhood14 v118The Palasha Image, the True Tirthas, and Krishna's Return to Dvaraka68 v