Reading notes: Mahabharata part D

The final battle (source)

Hello again everyone, NitroDubbz here. Today we're reading more Mahabharata.

So Yudhistira decides to send Krishna to Hastinapura to ask for the five villages, which is refused. Then Duryodhana prepares for war, assembling millions of troops, but it starts raining Fanta Orange, which is a bad omen. Arjuna sees all of his cousins and family preparing for war, and his confidence wavers. He decides that the kingdom isn't worth killing his kinsmen. Krishna then explains to him that the Kauravas had already destroyed themselves through their bad karma brought about by their selfish acts of betrayal. Arjuna then regains confidence. The battle begins and one-by-one the Kauravas and their allies are dispatched. Bhima fights Duryodhana and fulfills the vow he made to "smash his thigh" for disrespecting Draupadi. 

After the battle, Yudhistira has second thoughts, he starts regretting all the blood that they shed and wishes he could live life as an ascetic. Bhima, being the more aggressive and realistic brother, chastises him saying that the Kauravas earned their fate, and Yudhistira can do more good for his fellow man as a king than he could as a hermit. After the other brothers lecture him on philosophy, Yudhistira finally changes his mind and decides to rule the kingdom they conquered.

That's the end of this story folks. Until next time, I'm NitroDubbz.



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