Mahabharata · Parva 11
Stri Parva
Strīparvan
Complete · 27 adhyayas · 808 verses
The women of both houses lament on the battlefield; Gandhari curses Krishna, and the dead receive their rites.
Adhyayas
1Janamejaya's Question; Sanjaya Consoles Dhritarashtra42 v2Vidura Consoles Dhritarashtra: Time, Death and the Fruit of Action37 v3Vidura on the Body, Karma and the Round of Rebirth20 v4Vidura Describes the Soul's Journey from the Womb to Death20 v5Vidura's Parable of the Man in the Forest Well24 v6Vidura Explains the Parable of the Forest14 v7The Chariot of the Body and the Gift of Fearlessness30 v8Vyasa Consoles Dhritarashtra54 v9Dhritarashtra Sets Out for the Battlefield21 v10Kripa, Kritavarma and Ashvatthama Meet Dhritarashtra24 v11Dhritarashtra Embraces the Pandavas and Crushes the Iron Bhima30 v12Krishna Reproaches Dhritarashtra, and the King Embraces the Pandavas17 v13Vyasa Calms Gandhari's Anger21 v14Bhima's Defence and Gandhari's Reproach24 v15Gandhari and Kunti Meet the Pandavas; Draupadi's Grief21 v16Gandhari Surveys the Battlefield61 v17Gandhari Mourns Duryodhana32 v18Gandhari Shows Krishna the Widows and Duhshasana28 v19Gandhari Shows Krishna Vikarna, Durmukha, Chitrasena and Vivimshati21 v20Abhimanyu, Uttara and the Matsya Women35 v21Gandhari Shows Krishna the Fallen Karna14 v22Avantya, Bahlika and Jayadratha Among the Slain18 v23Gandhari Shows Krishna the Fallen: Shalya, Bhishma and Drona43 v24Bhurishravas and Shakuni on the Field30 v25Gandhari Curses Krishna50 v26Krishna Rebukes Gandhari; the Dead Are Counted and Burned44 v27The Water Offerings; Kunti Reveals that Karna Was Her Eldest Son33 v