Virata Parva
The Book of Virata. The thirteenth year of exile spent in disguise at King Virata's court. The Pandavas serve incognito until Arjuna's dramatic revelation during the cattle raid.
Lessons in this chapter
- Ajnatavasa: The Year of Shadows — Pandavas choose their disguises
- Gupta: Hidden in Plain Sight — Serving King Virata in secret
- Atyachara: The Sin of Kichaka — Kichaka harasses Sairandhri
- Vadha: The Dance of Death — Bhima kills Kichaka at midnight
- Gograhaṇa: The Great Cattle Raid — Arjuna defeats the Kaurava army
- Prakasha: Emergence from Shadow — Abhimanyu weds Uttara
- Relevance: Virata Parva in 2026 — Identity, patience, emergence