Reading Diary B: Week 10

Key Points-

• Krishna plans to make one last plea for peace and visits Duryodhana
• Duryodhana plans to take Krishna prisoner but realizes this will be impossible 
• The battle is to occur
• Arjuna is worried about fighting his teacher and his own family but after speaking with Krishna (in his true form) he is ready to fight
• Bhisma is killed by Arjuna and now Karna joins the battle 
• Arjuna's son is killed, Arjuna vows to avenge him and Krishna is able to use his discus to hide the sun drawing out the man who killed his son, he slays him. 
• Krishna plans to trick Drona using the love of his son against him 
• Yudhisthira tells Drona his son had been killed while whispering the truth under his breath, as Drona falls to his knees he is killed
• Karna and Arjuna battle one another, Arjuna is victorious 
• Duryodhana is killed
• Yudhisthira becomes king 
• Yudhisthira is the last of his brothers to pass, the son of Arjuna becomes king and continues the Pandavas rule 

Reading Diary A: Week 10

Key Points-

• Camp is made near the Pandavas
• Duryodhana is captured by the gandharva's then freed by the Pandavas (Plan=Failure)
• The bothers help a brahmin find a giant deer who stole his staff
• First 4 brothers drink water from the lake without answering the questions and die
• Yudhishthira is last to drink but answers questions
• Was a test by their father Yama and the other 4 brothers return to life
• 13th year of exile (year in disguise)
• Court of King Virata
• Draupadi is raped and Bhima kills the general who did it 
• Cattle raid is attempted, Susharman is captured
• Arjuna goes into battle as a charioteer for Virata's son but ends up fighting 
• The king finds their true identity but is not mad, gives his daughter to marry Uttara (Arjuna's son)
• A war is to occur between the Pandavas and Duryodhana
• Krishna fights with the Pandavas while his 1 million soldiers fight with Duryodhana 
• The Pandavas attempt to avoid war (5 villages requested, 1 for each brother)
• Dhritarashtra wants to switch sides but is drawn to Duryodhana when he is around, told this war will be his downfall