Krishna's Attempt
- Yudi wants to plea one last time to prevent war
- Dhritara becomes informed that Krishna is coming as an emissary and wants to throw a lavish reception
- Vidura tells that Krishna doesn't want the reception he only wants justice and peace
- Duryo plans to take Krishna captive
- Krishna updates Kunti of her sons
- Duryo's mom, Gandhari tries to change Duryo's plans - fail
- Duryo realizes he can't capture Krishna once he manifests into his divine form
- Before leaving Krishna speaks with Karna about Karna's parentage and urges him to abandon Duryo, but Karna says NO
- Karna promises Kunti that'll he'll spare her 4 sons and attack only Arjuna
War
- Krishna advises to make Dhrishtadyumna, Draupadi's brother commander of Yudi's troops
- Bhishma is commander of Duryo's troops
- Battlefield = Kurukshetra
- Arjuna not fond of the fact that he is to fight is guru, Drona
- Krishna reminds Arjuna of Bhagavad- Gita saying of duty and detachment
- Krishna manifests to cosmic being
- Arjuna ready to fight
End of Bhishma
- Dhrishtadyumna attempts to kill Drona, to avenge father's humiliation...Drona escapes
- Arjuna begs Krishna not to slay Bhishma, even though he was mad at Bhishma for attacking Krishna
- Ghatotkacha, demon son of Bhima and Hidimba, arrives
- Amba, reincarnated as Shikhandin, recognized by Bhishma
- Bhishma can't attack Shikhandin..thus he dies when Arjuna shoots at Bhishma from behind
- Karna takes place of Bhishma
- Drona = commander of Druyo's army
- attempts to capture Yudi and somehow make Arjuna go away from battlefield
- Arjuna is lead away..Abhi tricked
- Abhi breaks enemy formation, but doesn't know how to escape..killed by Jayadratha, Druyo's brother-in-law
- Arjuna vows to kill Jaya before next day is over
- Jaya hides all days, but he thinks sun is setting, because of Krishna's illusion
- Arjuna slays Jaya in daylight
- Karna kills Ghatotkachka with an invincible weapon
Bloody Massacre
- Krishna tells of how to kill Drona, through his son Ashwatthaman
- Bhima kills Ashwatthaman the elephant and shouts, " I have killed Ashwatthaman!"
- Drona asks Yudi if it's true, he says yes...but under his breath whispers Ashwatthaman the elephant...
- Drona paralyzed with dispair at losing his son, beheaded by Dhrishtadyumna while in his trance
- Bhima kills Duhshasana, Druyo's bro...drinks his blood
- Karna gets killed by Arjuna, Karna forgets the mantra for utilizing his Brahmastra weapon
- Shalya made commander after Karna's death
- Yudi kills him
- Sahadeva kills Shakuni
- Druyo hides out at the bottom of the lake, emerges and wounds Bhima on his thigh
- Druyo says Krishna killed all of the warriors via deceit...Krishna says no it was karma
In despair
- Battle is over, Pandavas back in Hastinapura
- Dhritara is furious at Bhima, wants to kill him, squashed the statue Krishna had erected thinking it was the real Bhima
- Gandhari curses Krishna
- Pandavas, Vidura, Sanjaya, Dhritara, and women perform rituals for dead
- Yudi tell sage Narada that he feels no joy over this victory
- Narada tells Yudi of the curses Karna held
- Karna's guru Parashurama cursed him for having deceived him
- he made him forget the important mantra for the weapon at a crucial time
- Karna once killed hermit's cow
- hermit's curse caused the chariot wheel to be swallowed by mother nature
- Yudi would rather be a begger, wanted to make Arjuna King...finally relented and accepted Yudi became king
- Yudi visits dying Bhishma who tells him about kingship and dies
- Yudi cremates on shores of Ganges
- Dhritara, Gandhari, and Kunti live in forest now
- Krishna's people destroy themselves, Dwarka under water
- Krishna's feet mistaken for birds gets him killed
- One by one Pandavas dies, Yudi is left
- Yudi goes to heaven in his bodily form
- Parikshit, child of Abhi, grows to be king, continuing Pandava line
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Bibliography. Mahabharata by R.K. Narayan, online pdf.
