Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

Mahabharata Part D- this starts when the brothers are going back forth with their uncle on trying to come up with a peace option for giving the brothers back something and the uncle is just not willing to give in.

Battle Field Kurukshetra
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• This starts by Yudhishthira sending one of his messengers named Krishna to go and speak to Dhritarasthtra about coming up with a peace deal and that the brothers just want five villages so each one will have their own
•        When Dhritarasthtra finds out about Krishna coming to the palace he wants to set a big ceremony for him and try to basically make him a friend to them; however, Duryhodhana has different plans and to set up a trap to try and take Krishna as prisoner
•         Krishna arrives and speaks about the peace deal and it is quickly declined
•         Krishna returns to the brothers to tell the bad news and say that a war has been declared between the brothers and their uncle
•         The battle starts and both of the parties set up their armies in different ways and certain guidelines are set forth for how the battle is suppose to happen, one that I found weird is that all battle is suppose to stop at night time and pick back up in the next morning
•         The battle goes on for days, the different armies start with different formations and they are counterattacked with a different formation from their opponent
•         There is many deaths and each side really takes turns throughout the battle on who loses the most and looks like they are going to win
•        Finally towards the end of the battle both sides are starting to get angry with each other and they both just want the battle to be over and so they start to lose all moral guidelines and just start taking lives
•         The brothers are stronger and have a noble person on their side that is able to lead in the right direction for each action to defeat their uncle in the quickest way
•         The brothers come out on top of the battle and win
•         They head to the palace where they once lived to take it back and Yudhishthira becomes the King, along with his brothers in other positions of authority under him

Bibliography: the Mahabharata, R.K. Narayan. Source: Web Link