Mahabharata · Parva 2

Sabha Parva

Sabhāparvan

Complete · 103 adhyayas · 4,388 verses

The book of the assembly hall: the building of Yudhishthira's hall, the Rajasuya sacrifice, the game of dice, the humiliation of Draupadi and the Pandavas' exile.

Adhyayas

1Maya Offers to Build the Assembly Hall33 v 2Krishna Returns to Dvaraka40 v 3Maya Builds the Assembly Hall40 v 4Yudhishthira Enters the Assembly Hall47 v 5Narada's Questions on Kingship132 v 6Yudhishthira Asks Narada About the Celestial Halls19 v 7The Assembly Hall of Indra31 v 8The Assembly Hall of Yama41 v 9The Assembly Hall of Varuna34 v 10The Assembly Hall of Kubera41 v 11The Assembly Hall of Brahma62 v 12Narada Tells of Harishchandra and Pandu's Message39 v 13Yudhishthira Resolves on the Rajasuya and Sends for Krishna60 v 14Krishna Describes the Power of Jarasandha80 v 15Bhima and Krishna Urge Action Against Jarasandha28 v 16Arjuna's Case for Valour16 v 17Krishna Tells of Jarasandha's Birth65 v 18Jara Reveals Herself and Jarasandha Is Named14 v 19Chandakaushika's Prophecy and the Feud with Jarasandha28 v 20Krishna, Bhima and Arjuna Set Out for Magadha30 v 21Krishna, Bhima and Arjuna Enter Girivraja62 v 22Krishna Challenges Jarasandha48 v 23Why Krishna and Jarasandha Were Enemies37 v 24Bhima and Jarasandha Begin to Wrestle39 v 25Bhima Slays Jarasandha98 v 26The Brothers Set Out to Conquer the Quarters13 v 27Arjuna Conquers the North and Bhagadatta Yields25 v 28Arjuna Conquers the Northern Mountain Kingdoms29 v 29Arjuna Reaches Meru and the Northern Kurus81 v 30Bhima Sets Out East and Visits Shishupala16 v 31Bhima's Conquest of the East31 v 32Sahadeva's Conquest of the South; Agni Guards Mahishmati84 v 33Sahadeva at the Kaveri and in the Pandya Country33 v 34Ghatotkacha's Embassy to Vibhishana in Lanka98 v 35Nakula Conquers the West20 v 36Krishna Arrives and the Rajasuya Begins56 v 37The Kings Gather for the Rajasuya28 v 38Duties Assigned at the Rajasuya21 v 39Krishna Receives the First Honour58 v 40Shishupala Denounces the Honour to Krishna31 v 41Bhishma Proclaims Krishna's Greatness34 v 42Sahadeva's Challenge to the Kings10 v 43Bhishma Begins the Story of Narayana28 v 44The Slaying of Madhu and Kaitabha29 v 45The Boar Incarnation17 v 46The Man-Lion Slays Hiranyakashipu67 v 47The Dwarf: Vishnu Takes the Three Worlds from Bali31 v 48Dattatreya and the Boons of Kartavirya Arjuna24 v 49Rama, Son of Jamadagni31 v 50Rama, Son of Dasharatha; Krishna and Kalki47 v 51Vishnu Slays Kalanemi; Earth Asks to Be Relieved50 v 52The Birth of Krishna and His Childhood in the Cattle Settlement36 v 53Krishna's Boyhood Deeds, from Kaliya to the Death of Kamsa34 v 54Krishna's Schooling and the Slaying of Kamsa33 v 55Indra's Plea and the Slaying of Naraka42 v 56The Maidens of the Jewel Mountain and the Return of Aditi's Earrings49 v 57The Splendour of Dvaraka63 v 58Krishna's Homecoming and Indra's Farewell33 v 59The Women of Dvaraka Welcome Krishna18 v 60Krishna Defeats Bana and Frees Aniruddha38 v 61Bhishma Recounts Krishna's Deeds34 v 62Sahadeva's Challenge and Shishupala's Revolt19 v 63Bhishma Reassures Yudhishthira15 v 64Shishupala Mocks Bhishma: The Tale of the Hypocrite Swan51 v 65Bhima's Fury Restrained by Bhishma21 v 66The Birth of Shishupala and Krishna's Promise25 v 67Shishupala Extols the Kings; Bhishma's Defiance42 v 68Krishna Recounts Shishupala's Offences39 v 69Narada Explains the Portents of Doom53 v 70Krishna Slays Shishupala66 v 71The Splendour of the Rajasuya50 v 72The Rajasuya Ends; Krishna Returns to Dvaraka39 v 73Vyasa's Prophecy and Yudhishthira's Vow36 v 74Duryodhana Humiliated in the Hall39 v 75Shakuni Proposes the Game of Dice25 v 76Shakuni Proposes the Game of Dice85 v 77Duryodhana Recounts His Humiliation in Maya's Hall37 v 78Duryodhana Describes the Tribute at the Rajasuya128 v 79Duryodhana Describes Yudhishthira's Consecration26 v 80Dhritarashtra Counsels Duryodhana Against Envy14 v 81Duryodhana Rejects His Father's Counsel21 v 82Shakuni Proposes the Dice Game; the Hall Is Built29 v 83Yudhishthira Answers the Summons to Dice64 v 84Shakuni's Challenge21 v 85Yudhishthira Begins to Lose40 v 86Vidura Urges Dhritarashtra to Stop the Game27 v 87Duryodhana Rebukes Vidura20 v 88Yudhishthira Stakes His Brothers, Himself and Draupadi46 v 89Draupadi Is Dragged into the Assembly67 v 90The Disrobing of Draupadi93 v 91Draupadi's Lament and Bhishma's Answer21 v 92Bhima's Vow and Draupadi's Curse82 v 93Draupadi's Boons35 v 94Karna's Taunt and Bhima's Fury17 v 95Dhritarashtra Sends the Pandavas Home18 v 96Duryodhana Tells of Kartavirya Arjuna71 v 97Duryodhana's Dread of Arjuna and the Call to a Second Game102 v 98The Second Game: Yudhishthira Stakes Exile in the Forest30 v 99Duhshasana's Taunts and the Pandavas' Vows48 v 100Yudhishthira's Farewell and Vidura's Counsel25 v 101The City Mourns and Kunti's Lament67 v 102Vidura Describes the Pandavas' Departure58 v 103Dhritarashtra's Remorse40 v