Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Reading Notes Wee 9: Princes of Elephant City



Reading Notes Part B


 "Bhisma vs Arjuna" Source: Wiki Commons

  • The five pandava brother finish their exile and must live the 13th year in disguise
  • Kichaka tries to rape Draupadi and Bhima destroys him
  • This story has changed my perspective, Bhima is now my favorite character
  • There is a chariot battle including Prince Uttara
  • The Pandavas win and Dury wants them to have another 12 years of exile
  • Reading this has also changed my opinion on the brothers, now I am on the Pandavas side
  • The two sides agree to go to war
  • The Kuavara side is much bigger
  • Arjuna basically kills Bhishma but the goddess saves his death until the solstice
  • Drona is killed by Draupadi's brother
  • With Karna commanding the army, him and Bhima finally battle
  • Bhima kills Karna after his chariot gets stuck and drinks his blood as promised
  • Duryodhana is a coward and hides in a lake
  • Bhima breaks his leg
  • The Kauvaras raid the camp at night killing everyone besides the Pandava brothers
  • This seems like the only reason to raid the camp would be to kill the Pandava brothers..?
  • All of the 100 brothers are dead
  • Yudi becomes king and rules a great kingdom for many years
  • Krishna becomes king and is cursed, he commands the people not to drink but they do and everyone kills each other
  • The brothers grow old and are very weak
  • They decided to leave and embark with only a dog
  • On the journey to heaven all of the brothers die except Yudi
  • He travels to hell and brings them all back to heaven including the Kauvaras and they all love each other




Bibliography
The Indian Heroes by: C. A. Kincaid

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