Reading Diary B

So finally in these scenes the Pandavas brothers reach the end of their fourteen years of exile and wish to receive back their kingdom.  In order to do this, they approach Hastinapur with a small army, however they send a messenger of peace.  However Duryodhana refuses to accept anything except war or defeat due to his hatred, jealousy, and his own evilness.  He even thought to capture Krishna against his will even though he had offered some of his own troops to help Duryodhana's army.

61. Bhishma Falls
In this scene Bhishma is taken down by Arjuna with a volley of arrows.  Arjuna used a charioteer who was born a woman but became a man, which he knew Bhishma could not fight.  However Arjuna was not happy with killing the man he once called "father" , for they were very close when Arjuna was younger.  However Bhishma finally fell and in his absence Drona takes command of the army.

63. Abhimanyu and Jayadratha

In this scene Abhimanyu, Arjuna's son, is killed by Jayadratha and due to this Arjuna vows that he would kill Jayadratha before the end of the next day.  The entire next day Arjuna searched for Jayadratha with Krishna as his charioteer, they drove onward all day and eventually in the last rays of sun that day Arjuna found Jayadratha protected by Karna. By a trick of Krishna's design, Arjuna was able to bypass Karna and kill Jayadratha by way of cutting off his head.

So on and so the battle raged, Drona was lost to the battle, and the Pandavas won back their kingdom as was bound to happen.  Eventually after many visits to the battlefield, Bhishma finally lets himself die after providing advice to the Pandavas while awaiting his death.  Krishna too eventually fell to his death after being shot in the foot by an arrow and his city was swallowed up by the sea.

Death of Krishna