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Mausala Parva: The book of the clubs

Mausala Parva of the Mahabharata (the book of the clubs): a summary in plain words, book 16 of 18.

Thirty-six years after the war, the Yadava clan of Krishna destroys itself in a drunken quarrel, as Gandhari had foretold. Krishna dies, shot in the foot by a hunter, and the sea takes Dwarka.

This is book 16 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.