Anushasana Parva — Section 1 of 2 in this original, condensed prose retelling of the eighteen-parva Mahabharata.
Bhishma continues teaching Yudhishthira about personal duties, gifts, vows, kindness and relationships. The Vishnu Sahasranama tradition is associated with this part of the Mahabharata. He blesses the new rulers and, when the chosen season arrives, gives up his life. The old generation leaves its lessons to the next.
Read this episode in sequence with the other parvas to understand the full storyline, including its moral ambiguity and tragic consequences.