Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D (Extra credit)

 Tiny Tales from the Mahabharata by Laura Gibbs

Tiny Tales 151-170

-Krishna could not be destroyed by the Vishnu-astra because he created the astra

-Bhima's son was killed by Ghatatkacha after Karna attacked Ghatatkacha with a celestial spear

    -the celestial spear could only be used once, Ghatatkacha rose into the sky, expanded, and fell upon the army

-Arjuna was upset over the plan to trick Drona with the death of his son so that they could kill him

-They were able to kill Drona, but his son Ashwatthama, vowed revenge

-Krishna and Arjuna bow to Ashwatthama's fire weapon, a weapon that would not kill unarmed men

-Ashwatthama vows to make the Pandavas pay by the end of the war

-Karna and Arjuna battle, Karna fires a serpent arrow at Arjuna, which only hits his crown

-Karna's charioteer, Shalya, refuses to help Karna

-Arjuna hesitated to kill Karna while he was defenseless, but decides to obey Krishna's order to kill Karna

-Krishna askes Karna for a gift before his death, Karna gives him his gold teeth

-Krishna is the last thing Karna sees

-Krishna's power allowed the Pandavas to win the war after 18 days

-Ashwatthama refuses to accept defeat and vowed to still kill the Pandavas

Tiny Tales 171-200

-Ashwatthama finds five warriors sleeping and cuts off their heads, thinking they were the Pandavas

-Duryodhana's dying words were "I have lost the war, but the Pandavas... they too lost everything"

-Krishna curses Ashwatthama to live forever as punishment for the killings

-Arjuna finds out Karna was actually his brother, so the Pandavas honor Karna

-Gandhari curses Krishna for killing her sons

-Yudhishthira does not celebrate winning the war because he only saw death

-Yudhishthira does not want to become king, but Krishna tells him he has to

-Gandhari, Dhritarashtra, and Kunti die in a forest fire

-all sons of the Pandavas died in war except Parikshit

-the Pandavas fall off Mount Meru, except Yudishthira, who thought about why the brothers were falling

-Yudhishthira enters heaven after having a vision of God as everything


The Battle


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