Showing posts with label Week 10. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Week 10 Reading Diary B

Important Plots
-Pandavas are very powerful and make a lot of peace offerings.
-Duryodhana plans to take Krishna captive, however Krishna disrupts these plans.
-Battle happens and Bhishma is killed.
-Drona is influenced by the enemy, which is strange.
-Drona is told by the enemy that his son is dead and he gives up.
-Bhima drinks the blood of Duryodhana's brother, even though he had killed him.
-Duryodhana cries out to Krishna for his dishonorable behavior. Krishna doesn't care and tells him he had it coming.

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Week 10 Reading Diary A

pg. 85-131

Important Facts
-Duryodhana is tempted by the gods
-He is captured by a gandharva and his plan to humiliate Pandavas is ruined.
-Nakula wants to drink from a lake, but the lake comes alive and asks him a series of questions that he must answer before he can drink from the lake.
-He doesn't listen and drinks from the lake. The lake then kills him.
-Others drink from the lake without answering questions. They are killed as well.
-The talking lake is actually the God of death and the questions were a test.
-Susharman, a pal of Duryodhana, is excited when he hears of Draupadi's death.
-He suggests they steal his cattle.
-Uttara and Abhimanyu get married.