Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Week 10: Reading Diary B

Krishna goes to Hastinapur to plea for the peace and justice. Duryodhana hears about this and thinks about taking Krishna hostage, but realizes that it is impossible to take them hostage. Krishna also goes to Kunti and gives her the news about her sons.

The battle begins. Yudhisthira appoints Draupadi's brother as the commander in chief of his army, whereas Duryodhana appoints Bhisma as his Chief commander. The battle is supposed to take place Kurukshetra. Before the battle actually takes place, Krishna recites the Bhagavad-Gita, which tells Arjuna and the others to detach themselves from material objects. This is due to the fact that Arjuna is having a hard time thinking about attacking his own cousin brothers.

Krishna is attacked by Bhishma and he draws blood. This angers Arjuna, who shoots and wounds Bhishma. Bhishma no longer able to continue the war, Karna now joins in. Drona is now made the commander in chief of Duryodhana's army. Abhimanyu is requested to break the formation of the enemy. He breaks the formation, but is unable to escape. He is then killed by Duryodhana's son-in-law. Arjuna vows and completes this vow with the help of Krishna to kill Duryodhana's son-in-law.

Drona is killed by a lie that was told to him that his son was killed. Karna was killed by Arjuna when Karna's chariot got stuck in mud. Slowly, everyone is killed off, even Duryodhana is killed.

 After the war, the Pandavas return to Hastinapur. Dhritarashtra wants to kill Bhima in anger, so Krishna places a metal statue and Dhritarashtra crush this statue thinking its Bhima. Gandhari curses Krishna. Narada explains to Yudhishthira the causes of Karna's death. They perform a ritual for the dead. Yudhishthira after a lot of compeling agrees to become King.

Yudhishthira goes to Bhishma about learning about how to be a King. He passes away after lecturing Yudhishthira. Krishna is killed by a hunter as Krishna laid on the banks of the river. The Pandavas die one by one and Arjuna's son, Abhimanyu takes over the Pandava's line.

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