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Week 7 Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

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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 ...

Week 7 Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part C

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Arjuna and Shiva : Arjuna take s a solo adventure to the Himalayas. After slowly limiting his living supplies over months at the base of the mountain, he was able to sustain himself on only air. Mid-worship, a boar charges him, and as he shoots it with his bow, another arrow comes in at the exact same time. A large huntsman matches his anger as Arjuna claims they should fight for the kill. After loosing all his arrows into the huntsman to no avail, he offers to wrestle instead. A hand felt his heart and he immediately went to worship instead, and his offerings landed on the large huntsman. He quickly realized it was Shiva he had nearly come to blows with, but Shiva was pleased. Arjuna is granted a full set of celestial weapons, but he is not allowed to use them on weak enemies and may only use them when he is out of normal weapons. Riddles : After a long chase pursuing a stag, the Pandava brothers look for water. One by one, they approach a pong and a mysterious voice warns them no t...