Book 10 of 18 — Critical Edition (Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute)
Sauptika Parva — The Book of the Sleeping Warriors
सौप्तिकपर्व
A night raid on a sleeping camp turns the victors' triumph into a massacre they cannot undo.
Episodes in this parva
The night attack on the sleeping camp — The war has been won and the winners are asleep; three survivors of the losing side walk into their camp in the dark
Continue through the epic
Shalya Parva — Book 9 — The last commander, the last day, and Bhima's mace against Duryodhana's thigh.
Stri Parva — Book 11 — The women walk the battlefield to find their dead, and Gandhari curses the man who won.
