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The Sauptika Parva ((サンスクリット:सौप्तिक पर्व)), or the "Book of the Sleeping," is the tenth of eighteen books of the Indian Epic Mahabharata. Sauptika Parva has 2 sub-books and 18 chapters.〔(Sauptika Parva ) The Mahabharata, Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt (1897)〕〔(Sauptika Parva ) The Mahabharata, Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli, Published by P.C. Roy (1889)〕 Sauptika Parva describes the revenge of Aswatthama, Kritavarman and Kripa - the three out of four Kaurava survivors - in the night after the 18th day of the Kurukshetra War.〔 Aswatthama takes revenge for his father's death during the war by going to Pandava's camp and unleashing weapons that kills all those who sleep.〔John Murdoch (1898), The Mahabharata - An English Abridgment, Christian Literature Society for India, London, pages 101-105〕 The only survivors are those who were not in the camp - the five Pandava brothers, Satyaki and Krishna. ==Structure and chapters== This ''Parva'' (book) has 2 sub-parvas (sub-books or little books) and 18 adhyayas (sections, chapters).〔〔(Sauptika Parva ) The Mahabharata, Translated by Manmatha Nath Dutt (1897)〕 The 2 sub-parvas are:〔 :1. Sauptika parva :2. Aishika parva Sauptika Parva describes the actions of Aswatthama, Kritavarman and Kripa - the three out of four Kaurava survivors - after the 18th day of the Kurukshetra War.〔 The three escape and retire in a forest. Aswatthama is angry for his father's death and the deaths caused by the war. He comes up with a plan to massacre the remaining Pandava army while they sleep, on the night after the war is over. Kripa urges delay, questions the morality of killing those who sleep, and whether Aswatthama's plan to take revenge has any productive purpose.〔 Aswatthama argues the whole war was unfair, everyone was unfair, and revenge is the only release. Aswatthama leaves to kill the sleeping, Kritavarman and Kripa follow him. They reach the Pandava's camp and unleash weapons that kills all those who sleep.〔 The only survivors are those who were not at the camp - the five Pandava brothers, Satyaki and Krishna. The news of the massacre of sleeping sons of Pandavas and all the people who supported Pandavas, shocks Draupadi and Pandava brothers. Draupadi demands justice. Bhima pursues Aswatthama for justice. Aswatthama accepts defeat.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sauptika Parva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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