Vyasa

Somadatta

Somadatta of the Kuru lineage
Major

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Major

Ch. 257

Yudhishthira Appoints Officials for His Sacrifice

Yudhishthira, instated in a great sacrifice, knows its success depends on more than wealth. He gathers his elders and kin, declares all his riches are theirs, and appoints each to a specific office of responsibility. The result is a spectacle of perfect order, where every guest is a master, every duty is in trusted hands, and the entire world assembles to see a king rival the gods in prosperity.

Supporting

Ch. 297

Dhritarashtra confesses his grief and guilt to Sanjaya

With the Pandavas gone to the forest, Dhritarashtra sits in his palace, consumed by a grief that puzzles his charioteer Sanjaya. The blind king then lays bare the full horror of what happened in the assembly hall — the disrobing, the omens, the warnings he ignored — and admits that his own love for his son has doomed them all.