Svargarohana Parva — Section 1 of 2 in this original, condensed prose retelling of the eighteen-parva Mahabharata.
The concluding book places Yudhishthira amid puzzling visions of heaven and suffering. His understanding of reward, blame and justice is tested once more. The conflicts of the great war are finally seen from a wider perspective, and the epic ends with the passing of its heroes into another state.
Read this episode in sequence with the other parvas to understand the full storyline, including its moral ambiguity and tragic consequences.