Reading Part B Notes: Week 9

1.     The Year of Disguise
-       The Pandavas spent 12 years in the forest, so this year they lived in disguise in the royal court of Kind Virata
-       Over the course of 12 years, Yudhishthira had learned the art of gambling, so now he disguises himself as Kanda (a gambler who entertains the king)
-       Bhima is a cook, Nakula works in the stables, Sahadeva herds cattle, and Draupadi becomes the queen’s maid.
-       They hide their weapons under a tree along with a dead body in a cremation ground
-       The queen’s brother Kichaka, falls in love with Draupadi and tells his sister to send her beautiful maid to him
-       He tries to rape her, and Bhima promises to get revenge for her
-       Bhima crushes Kichaka; and Draupadi claims that she has a “celestial husband” who crushed him to cover up Bhima.
-       The Queen believes her

2.     The Great Battle
-       after another dice game, the Pandavas leave the royal palace and prepare for war
-       Bhima still wants to get revenge on Duhshasana for shaming Draupadi by trying to tear her clothes off
-       The armies meet in the field of Kurukshetra
-       Arjuna hurts Bhishma very badly, so he waits for his death lying on a bed of arrows
-       Bhishma’s mother, the goddess Gange, sends swans to delay his death until the solstice and all fighting stops until then
-       Fighting resumes, and Bhima finally kills Duhshasana and slays karna also



 Bhishma lying on a bed of arrows awaiting his death
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3.     Duryodhana’s Death
-       Duryodhana has hid from the battle at the bottom of the lake the entire time
-       He does not want to come out and face the Pandavas, and finally he agrees to come dual Bhima
-       Duryodhana’s allies raid the Pandava’s camp and slay everyone except the actual Pandavas and Krishna
-       The wounded Duryodhana dies after hearing the Pandava’s army has all been killed
-       All 100 sons of Dhritarashtra are now dead, so this seems like the end of the Bharata family line

-       Yuddhishthira then becomes the king of Hastinapura





Bibliography: Kincaid, C.A.. The Mahabharata. Kincaid's Mahabharata.

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