MahabharataAshramavasika Parva: The book of the hermitage
Ashramavasika Parva of the Mahabharata (the book of the hermitage): a summary in plain words, book 15 of 18.
Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti leave for the forest. They die in a forest fire, after a few years of ascetic life.
This is book 15 of the eighteen parvas of the Mahabharata. See all eighteen and the characters.
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A retelling in our own words of a story told in many ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes. It is not a scholarly translation.