Mahabharata · Parva 9
Shalya Parva
Śalyaparvan
Complete · 66 adhyayas · 3,594 verses
The last day of battle under Shalya, Balarama's pilgrimage along the Sarasvati, and the mace duel in which Duryodhana falls.
Adhyayas
1Shalya Made Commander; Sanjaya Brings the News to Dhritarashtra55 v2Dhritarashtra's Lament70 v3Kripa Urges Duryodhana to Make Peace51 v4Duryodhana Rejects Peace52 v5The Kauravas Choose Shalya as Their Commander27 v6Shalya Anointed Commander; Krishna Urges His Death44 v7The Armies Form Up for the Last Day's Battle44 v8The Battle Joined; the River of Blood47 v9Nakula Slays Three Sons of Karna69 v10Shalya's Onslaught and Bhima's Mace61 v11The Mace Duel of Bhima and Shalya63 v12Shalya Holds the Five Pandava Chiefs at Bay50 v13Arjuna Fights Ashvatthama; the Death of Suratha46 v14Shalya Holds Off the Pandavas41 v15Yudhishthira Resolves to Fight Shalya75 v16Yudhishthira Slays Shalya and His Brother86 v17The Madra Chariots Fall and the Kaurava Host Flees38 v18Duryodhana Rallies the Army After Shalya's Fall70 v19The Fall of Shalva and His Elephant27 v20Satyaki Unchariots Kritavarman36 v21Duryodhana Holds Off the Pandavas48 v22Shakuni's Horse Charge and the Slaughter of the Cavalry91 v23Arjuna Burns Down the Kaurava Host68 v24The Kaurava Rout and the Elephant Host62 v25Bhima Slays Duryodhana's Remaining Brothers40 v26Arjuna's Resolve; Susharman and Sudarshana Fall57 v27Sahadeva Slays Uluka and Shakuni66 v28The Last of the Army Destroyed19 v29Duryodhana Enters the Lake91 v30The Hunters Reveal Duryodhana69 v31Yudhishthira Challenges Duryodhana at the Lake73 v32Duryodhana Rises from the Lake71 v33Krishna's Rebuke and Bhima's Challenge58 v34Balarama Arrives to Watch the Duel20 v35Balarama Sets Out on Pilgrimage43 v36The Curse of the Moon and the Naming of Prabhasa47 v37Trita in the Well53 v38Balarama's Pilgrimage Along the Sarasvati65 v39The Seven Sarasvatis and Mankanaka's Dance64 v40Kapalamochana and Ushangu's Tirtha38 v41Arshtishena and Vishvamitra Win Brahminhood32 v42Dalbhya Baka Sacrifices Dhritarashtra's Kingdom39 v43The Sarasvati Carries Vasishtha Away from Vishvamitra41 v44The Sarasvati Freed from the Curse; Indra Freed of Namuchi's Head49 v45The Birth of Kumara53 v46Skanda Is Consecrated as Commander115 v47Skanda's Host of Mothers; the Fall of Taraka and Bana109 v48Varuna Is Made Lord of the Waters33 v49Shrutavati and Arundhati at Badarapachana66 v50Indra's Tirtha, Rama's Tirtha and the Tirtha of the Sun23 v51Devala and Jaigishavya69 v52Dadhichi and Sarasvata53 v53The Aged Maiden and Shringavan29 v54The Greatness of Kurukshetra30 v55Balarama Hears of the Coming Duel42 v56Duryodhana and Bhima Take the Field at Samantapanchaka43 v57Dire Omens and the Taunts of Bhima and Duryodhana46 v58The Club-Duel of Bhima and Duryodhana72 v59Bhima Breaks Duryodhana's Thighs61 v60Bhima Tramples Duryodhana's Head; Yudhishthira's Lament31 v61Balarama's Wrath at the Blow Below the Navel57 v62Duryodhana Rebukes Krishna86 v63Arjuna's Chariot Burns; Krishna Goes to Gandhari54 v64Krishna Consoles Dhritarashtra and Gandhari78 v65Duryodhana's Last Message43 v66Ashvatthama Is Anointed Commander45 v