Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

- Arjuna refused to fight Bhishma because of their history
- Bhishma is killed for his betrayal
-Drona is now in charge of fo Duryodhana's army, and his first goal is to make Yudhishthira his capture.
-Arjuna has sworn to protect his brother
-Abhimanyu dies in the battlefield, and Arjuna gets his revenge
- As the war went into the nightfall, all hell broke loose as men started killing their kin
-Arjuna calls for a truce
-Ghatotkacha and Karna fought, and Karna came out victorious
- The Pandava general decapitated Drona
-Bhima kept his word she cut off Duhsassana's head and drank his blood
- Arjuna told Karna he could not attack a hurt man, but Karna did not listen
- Then the tables turned, and Karna was asking for mercy while mocking Arjunas passed son
-Arjuna struck the head off of Karna
-Duryodhana intervenes from his place below the water
-Ashwatthaman wanted revenge for the death of Drona and tried to kill the Pandavas in their sleep
- Draupadi demanded that Bhima bring her the head of ASHWATTHAMAN
-He wants his jewel that glows in the dark because it is important to him
- Dhritarashtra mourns the loss of his hundred sons
-A lot of the parents have outlived their children
-Yudhishthira claims imperial kingship
- the ritual had a horse sacrifice that is part of the routine for a new king
- The Ganges river for the funeral ritual
-Vyasa calls the ghost
-Krishna and Balarama left the city and died in the jungle
- The Pandavas and Draupadi decided to go earth in the hands of Parikshit who is Arjunas, a grandson
-Yudhishthira remained on the ground and faced more challenges
Yudhishthira, a flattering picture
Source: Mahabharata by Donald A. Mackenzie, 1913

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