Mahaprasthanika Parva — Section 1 of 2 in this original, condensed prose retelling of the eighteen-parva Mahabharata.
Yudhishthira installs the next generation and renounces the throne. With Draupadi and his four brothers he journeys north on a final pilgrimage, accompanied by a dog. One by one his companions fall. Yudhishthira continues, reflecting on attachment, virtue and mortality.
Read this episode in sequence with the other parvas to understand the full storyline, including its moral ambiguity and tragic consequences.