MahabharataAshvamedhika Parva: The book of the horse sacrifice
Ashvamedhika Parva of the Mahabharata (the book of the horse sacrifice): a summary in plain words, book 14 of 18.
Yudhishthira is crowned and performs the Ashvamedhika, the horse sacrifice. Arjuna goes with the horse. The posthumous son of Abhimanyu, Parikshit, is revived by Krishna and becomes the heir.
This is book 14 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.