Book 6 of 18 — Critical Edition (Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute)
Bhishma Parva — The Book of Bhishma
भीष्मपर्व
Ten days under the grandsire's command — and, before the first arrow, Krishna's counsel to Arjuna, the Bhagavad Gita.
Episodes in this parva
- Krishna's counsel to Arjuna — Arjuna asks to be driven between the two armies, sees his own family waiting on both sides, and puts down his bow.
Continue through the epic
- Udyoga Parva — Book 5 — Both sides gather allies while Krishna carries a last embassy for peace, and five villages are refused.
- Drona Parva — Book 7 — The teacher takes command, the war's rules break one by one, and Abhimanyu dies inside the chakravyuha.
