Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Reading Notes: Public Domain Mahabharata, Part D

Vyasa summons the ghosts at the Ganges River. Source.


Public Domain Mahabharata, link to the reading online.


  • Amba had a vow to seek revenge, bring about Bhishma's death in her next life
  • After, Bhishma's fall, Drona takes command of Duryodhana's armies and vows to make Yudhishthira his prisoner
  • Arjuna voews to defend his brother no matter what
  • Arjuna loses his son, Abhimanyu
  • Bhima loses his rakshasa son, the mighty warrior, Ghatotkacha
  • Bhima will secure his revenge for Duhshana's treatment of Draupadi
  • Karna died
  • Duryodhana is alive and uses his supernatural powers to take refuge beneath the waters of a lake
  • Bhishma has the gift of choosing the moment of his own death
  • Bhishma is wasting for the solstices and before he dies he will instruct the survivors of the battle on how to rule the world that has survived
  • Vyasa will conjure up the ghosts of the dead warriors (photo above)
  • A hunter mistook Krishna for an animal and shot on arrow at Krishna that killed him
  • After Krishna dies, the Pandavas and Drauapdi decide to end their time on earth

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