स्त्रीपर्व

Parva summary

Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and the women of Hastinapura walk the battlefield. Gandhari, who has never seen because of her blindfold, removes it for the first time to see her hundred dead sons. She delivers the Stri-vilapa — the lament of the women — and curses Krishna that his Yadava clan will destroy itself in 36 years, as her family did. The cremation rites of all sides are performed together. Yudhishthira accepts the throne of Hastinapura but is broken by grief; Vyasa and Krishna console him.