Rajasuyarambha is the twenty-second upa parva included in the second Maha parva named Sabha parva in the epic Mahabharata. Various compilations of this epic are numbered differently and this one upa parva may be numbered in a different fashion. Vyshampayana had narrated the historical events to Janamejaya, on his queries:
After the departure of Narada Rishi, Yudhishtira had thought of Rajasuya yaga.

The proposal for conducting Rajasuya by Yudhishtira was known to Draupadi and she verified the royal treasury in their palace.
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