First off, I’m still trying to keep all the characters and
their names straight in my head because there are just so many! It’s sort of
difficult to keep track of who is who and which character does what! I thought
this section of the book was pretty intense and eventful, obviously because it
focuses mainly on the war.
The main thing that stuck out to me in this section of the
Mahabharata was the part when Bhima kills Duhshasana and then proceeds to drink
his blood after mutilating his body. I thought it was a pretty dark and vivid
scene and it wasn’t something I was expecting to read at all. It was
interesting to say the least!
I also found it ironic how the Pandavas end up on opposite
sides of their guru Drona in the war. That makes the war scene even more
interesting because everything the Pandavas know was taught to them by Drona so
you would think that Drona has the advantage over them. I was surprised that he
was depicted dying by sheer trickery on Krishna’s part although it does make
sense that Drona would despair over the “death” of his son. A lot of the deaths
in the war were unexpected and random in my opinion.
It was sort of funny how Krishna dies since it’s so random
and unexpected. He dies because a hunter thinks the soles of Krishna’s feet are
two birds. I didn’t really understand why Gandhari cursed Krishna because he
did technically help the Pandava’s win the war against Duryodhana.
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| Karna confronts Arjuna in Kurukshetra War; Wikipedia |
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