The Book of the Club or the Mausala-parva finds worth among the 18 Parvas of Mahabharat. It is known as the Book of the Club. The book proceeds in ninety six sub Parvas. It is in the Mausala-parva, it is described how the infighting between the Yadavas with maces or mausala let to the eventual destruction of the Yadavas. The book is an account of Vaisampayana reciting the incident to Janamejaya in the Sarpa Yajna arranged by the King.

According to the Mausala-parva Vaisampayana narrates that when the thirty-sixth year was reached after the battle, Yudhishthira, beheld many unusual omen. These omens, foreshadowing fear and danger, were seen and this filled men with anxiety. In the book it is mentioned that the Vrishnis met with fatal consequences. It is also described that Yudhishthira learnt about the death of Vasudeva.

Mausala-parva also reveals the fact that after the Great War of Kurukshetra ended, the women of the Kuru dynasty suffered the most. Gandhari, who had lost all her sons, witnessed a massacre thus and cursed Lord Krishna. The profanity was that the almighty would witness a similar annihilation of his family, though he had the divine capability of stopping the war. It is nicely depicted in the Mausala-parva that Lord Krishna accepted the curse and bore fruit 36 years later.

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