अनुशासनपर्व

Parva summary

Bhishma continues teaching: dana-dharma (charity), achara (conduct), the rituals, the duties of varna and ashrama, the laws of inheritance, food, tirtha-yatra, the worship of Shiva, the worship of Vishnu, the greatness of Krishna, of the cow, of the brahmana. Yudhishthira receives the final discourse. At Uttarayana, Bhishma releases his prana; he chooses the moment of his death through the iccha-mrityu boon he received from Shantanu.