“Next in order is the excellent Anusasana Parva.  In it is described how Yudhishthira, the king of the Kurus, was reconciled to himself on hearing the exposition of duties by Bhishma, the son of Bhagirathi.  This Parva treats of rules in detail and of Dharma and Artha; then the rules of charity and its merits; then the qualifications of donees, and the supreme ride-regarding gifts.  This Parva also describes the ceremonials of individual duty, the rules of conduct and the matchless merit of truth.  This Parva showeth the great merit of Brahmanas and kine, and unraveleth the mysteries of duties in relation to time and place.  These are embodied in the excellent Parva called Anusasana of varied incidents.  In this hath been described the ascension of Bhishma to Heaven.  This is the thirteenth Parva which hath laid down accurately the various duties of men.  The number of sections, in this is one hundred and forty-six.  The number of slokas is eight thousand.

“Then comes the fourteenth Parva Aswamedhika.  In this is the excellent story of Samvarta and Marutta.  Then is described the discovery (by the Pandavas) of golden treasuries; and then the birth of Parikshit who was revived by Krishna after having been burnt by the (celestial) weapon of Aswatthaman.  The battles of Arjuna the son of Pandu, while following the sacrificial horse let loose, with various princes who in wrath seized it.  Then is shown the great risk of Arjuna in his encounter with Vabhruvahana the son of Chitrangada (by Arjuna) the appointed daughter of the chief of Manipura.  Then the story of the mongoose during the performance of the horse-sacrifice.  This is the most wonderful Parva called Aswamedhika.  The number of sections is one hundred and three.  The number of slokas composed (in this) by Vyasa of true knowledge is three thousand, three hundred and twenty.

“Then comes the fifteenth Parva called Asramvasika.  In this, Dhritarashtra, abdicating the kingdom, and accompanied by Gandhari and Vidura went to the woods.  Seeing this, the virtuous Pritha also, ever engaged in cherishing her superiors, leaving the court of her sons, followed the old couple.  In this is described the wonderful meeting through the kindness of Vyasa of the king (Dhritarashtra) with the spirits of his slain children, grand-children, and other princes, returned from the other world.  Then the monarch abandoning his sorrows acquired with his wife the highest fruit of his meritorious actions.  In this Parva, Vidura after having leaned on virtue all his life attaineth to the most meritorious state.

“The learned son of Gavalgana, Sanjaya, also of passions under full control, and the foremost of ministers, attained, in the Parva, to the blessed state.  In this, Yudhishthira the just met Narada and heard from him about the extinction of the race of Vrishnis.  This is the very wonderful Parva called Asramvasika.  The number of sections in this is forty-two, and the number of slokas composed by Vyasa cognisant of truth is one thousand five hundred and six.