Week 7 Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

Arjuna and Karna: Arjuna and Karna meet in battle. After all that Karna has done, Arjuna is restringing his bow and Karna is ready to kill him. Arjuna reminds him that it is not allowed in the rules of battle to strike down someone with a disabled weapon. Karna ignores the rules and proceeds to fire more arrows at Arjuna. Badly wounded, Arjuna restrings his bow and Karna's chariot has a wheel sink into the ground. Karna begs that Arjuna wait for him, but Arjuna recounts all the bad and dishonorable deeds done by Karna before ultimately deciding to fire on him while he's stuck. Arjuna's arrows cut of Karna's head and he falls dead on the battlefield.

The Raid: Much like before, it was time for the Pandavas to be assaulted in their sleep again. As Ashwatthaman was being blocked entry by none other than Shiva, he left for the night to worship Shiva. He had nothing to sacrifice, so he sacrifices himself into his fire, and Shiva saves him. Shiva says that it is not time for him to attack. Ashwatthaman attacks overnight slaying Duryodan. The Pandava brothers were not there at the time.

These stories and the three from my previous notes especially stuck out to me. The choices by some characters to directly disobey traditions end up coming back to them at some point if they are not saved by someone else. All of these will make for great story topics this week and I'm excited to see where I can take them!

From: PDE Mahabharata by multiple authors.

The Death of Karna

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