Narrated by Kumar Varun

Yudhishthira, consumed by guilt after the war, decides to renounce the throne but Draupadi, his brothers, Vyasa, and Bhishma guide him back to his duty as king.

Sources, Bibliography and Suggested further readings:

1. Vyasa’s Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute

2. Gita Press Gorakhpur, Chapter XCVIII – Yudhishthira Comforted

3. Bibek Debroy’s Mahabharata (Penguin Classics) – Shanti Parva excerpts

4. C. Rajagopalachari’s Mahabharata – narrative interpretation

5. K.M. Ganguli’s Translation (Public Domain) – for comparisons across versions