महाप्रस्थानिकपर्व

Parva summary

Yudhishthira crowns Parikshit. The five Pandavas and Draupadi, with a single dog following, walk north into the Himalayas, abandoning attachments and ornaments. One by one Draupadi falls (for partiality to Arjuna), then Sahadeva (pride in learning), Nakula (pride in beauty), Arjuna (pride in archery), Bhima (gluttony). Yudhishthira walks on with the dog. Indra invites him to Svarga in his own body but refuses to take the dog. Yudhishthira refuses to abandon the dog; the dog reveals himself as Dharma, his own father. Yudhishthira ascends bodily.