Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

(Image of one of the battles between the Pandavas and Kauravas, image can be sourced here)


 The Kauravas and Pandavas continue to fight. Arjuna shoots Bhishma with a bow and arrow and ends up killing him. Drona takes over Duyodhana's forces. He tries to make Yudhishthira but Arjuna protects him. The war is pretty gory and many are dying. Duryodhana leaves in the midst of it because he is injured. Yet the battle continues fiercely, with Arjuna's own son dying. Arjuna vows to kill his his son's killer and does. Bhima's son dies due to Karna, leaving the Pandavas sad and Kauravas happy.

The Pandavas want to create a plan to out-trick Drona. A plan was to slay an elephant with the same name as Drona's son. After announcing that the elephant (with Drona's son's name) was dead, Drona become depressed about the supposed death of his beloved son-which was not true. This made him vulnerable, which the Pandavas could use to their advantage. Dhrishtadyumna kills Drona and now Karna is in charge of the forces.

 The Kauravas are exiled. He has a crazy moment where he kills Dushana and drinks his blood, freaking the Kauravas out. After this, we hear of Karna and Arjuna fighting in a long awaited one-on-one battle. Arjuna kills him with an arrow and he remembers how Karna killed his son. This however does not end anything. Drona's son wants to avenge his father's death and gets permission from Duryodhana to kill the Pandavas in their sleep (since when is permission needed for this?). Everyone is trying to mourn all the deaths and atone for their behavior. Arjuna ends up dying in another fight but revived by a magic jewel. Yudhishthira sacrifices a horse and becomes king.

 The Pandavas feel something bad is going to happen to their city. Krishna dies and chaos ensues. The Pandavas decide to leave the world and leave the kingdom to Arjuna's grandson.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Title: all of Part D of the PDE version of the Mahabharata
Author(s):  Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.
Source Link: PDE Mahabharata Part D

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