After the Kurukshetra war:
- Yudhishthira narrates to Dhritarashtra of the total casualties of the war.
- Gandhari blames and curses Lord Krishna for the destruction of her sons in the war. As a consequence of which the Yadava dynasty of Lord Krishna perishes thirty-six years after in a civil war.
- Narada and Kunti informs the Pandavas of the real parentage of Karna as a consequence of which the Pandavas are grief-stricken on learning that the Suta's son was their eldest brother. Yudhishthira summons Karna's wives and performs water rites for his elder brother who perished in the war.
- Yudhishthira wants to retire to the forests considering himself the only one guilty for such an enormous loss of lives but is consoled by Arjuna & Bhima. The son of dharma performs the horse-sacrifice to proclaim himself the emperor of bharatvarsha. Arjuna conquers all the kingdoms of the earth to commemorate the ceremony of the sacrifice.
- Bhima purposely insults Dhritarashtra and Gandhari several times infront of his companions but in the absence of Yudhishthira. However both the parents of Duryodhana receive a lot of love and respect from the other four Pandava brothers. Yudhishthira even takes counsel from Dhritarashtra for the proper administration of the kingdom of Hastinapura.
- Kunti retires to the forests accompanied by Dhritarashtra and Gandhari but the trio are killed in a sudden outbreak of forest fire. Sanjaya retires to the Himalayas grief-stricken by the demise of the trio. Dharmatma Vidura merges himself with Yudhishthira and finds his place under the feet of Dharmaraj Yama.
Thirty-six years after the Kurukshetra war:
- The entire Yadava dynasty of Lord Krishna perishes in a mutual fight as a fatal outcome of a civil war. Lord Krishna watches himself the destruction of his entire kith & kin. Balarama and Lord Krishna give up their lives and their corpses are cremated as per Vedic rites by Arjuna who comes from Hastinapura on hearing about the destruction of the Yadavas. Balarama and Lord Krishna merges into the bodies of Ananta Shesha and Lord Vishnu respectively. Meanwhile Arjuna proceeds towards the direction of Hastinapura accompanied by the sixteen-thousand wives of Lord Krishna's harem. The group headed by Arjuna is attacked by the lustful Abhisara robbers who abducts some of Lord Krishna's wives. Dwarka gets submerged beneath of ocean after seven days of the Yadava civil war. Arjuna is devastated due to the sudden turn of events and asks Vyasa who inturn tells him of the advent of Kali yuga.
- The four Pandava brothers (except Yudhishthira) and Draupadi fall off one by one to their death in the Himalayas on their journey to the celestial realm of swarga loka. They are accompanied by Dharmaraj Yama in the form of a dog. Yudhishthira says his opinion as to why each of his brothers fall to their death and also Draupadi. The son of dharma ascends to the chariot of Indra retaining his human form and proceeds for the highest heaven swarga loka. There he is united by Karna, Draupadi and his other four brothers.
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