Reading Notes: PDE Mahabharatha, Part D


  • Bhishma is wounded, Arjuna lays him a bed of arrows; it is Amba's revenge
  • Drona becomes the commander of the Kauravas
  • Arjuna's son Abhimanyu is slain; Arjuna seeks revenge by killing Jayadhratha (with Krishna's help)
  • Next, Ghatotkacha is slain by the dart given to Karna by Indra 
  • Drona is killed through trickery; the Pandavas kill an elephant named Ashwatthama (the name of Drona's son), and Drona basically resigns upon hearing that
    • The Pandavas cut off his head 
  • Karna takes command
  • Dussahsana is killed by Bhima (rather gorily), Bhima drinks his blood (as he had vowed to do)
  • Arjuna and Karna fight; Karna has a wheel stuck in the ground, Arjuna seizes that opportunity to kill him
  • The Kauravas are losing; Duryodhana hides in a lake, but the Pandavas find him and fight him
    • Bhima breaks his knee, which is apparently breaking battle rules, and kills Duryodhana
  • Ashwatthama tries to kill the Pandavas in their sleep after praying to Shiva
    • Arjuna, instead of killing him, retrieves that fantastical gem on Ashwatthama's forehead
  • King Dhritarashtra comes and mourns his sons' death, is angry at Bhima, the killer of Duryodhana
    • He accepts the Pandavas as his only living sons, though
  • Yudhistira is crowned king of Hasthinapur, and a great sacrifice is performed 
  • Bhishma dies after instructing how to rule the new kingdom; his mother Ganga mourns, but Krishna says Bhishma lived a full life
  • Uttara (Abhimanyu's wife) and Subhadra (his mother) mourn Abhimanyu's death; Krishna assures them that it is all the work of the Law
  • Yudhistira performs a horse sacrifice to ordain himself the ruler of Hasthinapur 
  • Krishna also perishes; he is shot by a hunter who mistakes him for a gazelle
  • The Pandavas also give up their mortal bodies

Karna trying to get his chariot's wheel out of the mud while Arjuna prepares to kill him.

Bibliography: PDE Mahabharatha, Public Domain, http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/mahabharata-online-public-domain-edition.html

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