Narayan's Mahabharata
Pages: 133-179
Pages: 133-179
- Yudhishthira tries for peace one last time and is sending Krisha to do so at Hastinpura. Over there, Dhritarashtra is eager to see Krishna. Duryodhana, though, is ready to capture Krishna. Always making trouble, that kid. Tsk, tsk.
- Before leaving, Krishna spoke to Karna and tried to convince him to leave Duryodhana but Karna didn't budge.
- He promises his mother, Kunti, that the only one he will hurt in the battle is Arjuna (her son from Pandu).
- At Krishna's urging, Yudhishthira makes Dhrishtadyumna, Draupadi's brother, the supreme commander of his troops.
- The old warrior Bhishma is the supreme commander of Duryodhana's troops.
- The battle is to take place on the field of Kurukshetra.
- Arjuna is having a hard time with this war, not wanting to fight his family. Krishna helps him here and gives him a bit of a pep-talk and afterwards Arjuna is ready to fight.
- Arjuna shoots Bhishma from behind and he falls.
- Drona is now made the commanding general of Duryodhana's armies. At Duryodhana's urging, Drona attempts to capture Yudhishthira alive and sets up a diversion to lead Arjuna away from the main battle.
- Karna uses the invincible weapon that he was to use on Arjuna to kill Ghatokacha.
- Drona gets killed by Dhristadyumna.
- Karna, in the fight against Arjuna, gets killed by Arjuna.
- Duryodhana is finally the last one left and is still defiant up until the end where he calls out Krishna for being deceitful.
- The Pandavas return to Hastinpura but no one is happy with the deaths.
- Yushishthira becomes king.
- The Pandavas die slowly one by one, until Yudhishthira is left who goes to heaven in his bodily form. The son of Arjuna's son becomes king and continues the Pandava line.
- Kind of a sad ending...
Kurukshetra War
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