Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Reading Diary: Mahabharata Part D


1.Bhishma Falls
-I like how they described Bhishma,, like a lordly elephant and like fire which burns up a dry and withering forest.

2. Drona in Command
-Arjuna is cool to vow to defend his brother even at the sake of his own death.

3. Abhimanyu and Jayadratha
-Arjuna of course doesn't die, but he does get bad news that his son had died.  Kishna and Arjuna seek revenge.

4. Ghatotkacha
-now Bhima losses his san by the mighty warrior Ghatotkacha

5. Death of Drona
- I always liked Drona, I thought it was pretty cool that he laid down his own weapons and sat in the chariot fixing his mind on itself.


6. Bhima and Dushasana
- Bhima meets his long desired evil hearted son. As they are fighting Dushasana fals on his back and hurts himself.

7. Arjuna and Karna
-I can believe that Arjuna shot Karna when he heard his sons’ name being called.

8.Duryodhaha in the Lake
-Now that Karna is dead, Duryodhana is still alive and he will use supernatural powers to take refuge.

9. The Night Raid
-Ashwatthaman seeks vengeance for the death of Drona. When Duryodhan died in the joy of vengeance his bosom and he died a happy death… I wouldn’t call it a happy death.

10. Ashwatthaman Cursed
-Arjuna of course helped Ashwattaman, and returned with him and the jewel.

11.  Mourning
-Everyone is in mourning of the hundred of sons that have died.  They are always so brutal with there killings.  They want to crush the head of Bhima.


12. The Pandavas and Bhishma
-I thought it was cool that Bhishma had the gift of choosing the way of his own death.

13. Parikshit
-It is confusing that a “dead chilf” could be born… what does that even mean? I thought it was sweet that Krishna told Uttara will be her little son asking if that would confort her.

14. King Yudhishthira’s Horse
-Very srange that the Goddess of Parvati cursed a horse, and that it was bale to turn into any animals. 

15. Horse Sacrifice
-I like how they would only sacrifice if the animal was pure. 

16. The Mongoose
-Interesting twist when a mongoose tells a story.

17. The Forest and its Ghosts
-Seriously anything can happen in these stories. Now Vyasa is conjuring up the ghosts of the dead warriors.

18. Death of Krishna
-I hate that Krishna dies he was one of my favorite characters. Also his death of course was presaged by terrible omens.

19. The Pandavas Depart
-Whoa did not expect that the Pandavas and Drauapdi would end their time on this earth and leave the kingdom in the hands of Parikshit, which is Arjuna’s grandson.

20.  The Afterlife

-I like how this ended with afterlife.  And how afterlife sounds almost inviting with gentle words. 

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