Epic poem (prose translation) · 1883–1896

Book 17: Mahaprasthanika Parva

The Book of the Great Journey

by Vyasa

Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli (published by Pratap Chandra Roy, 1883–1896)

Book 17 of Kisari Mohan Ganguli's complete English prose translation of the Mahabharata, published in parts by Pratap Chandra Roy, Calcutta. In the Mahaprasthanika Parva the Pandavas renounce the kingdom and walk north toward the Himalaya, and one by one Draupadi and four of her husbands fall by the way.


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