- Krishna goes to Hastinapura
- He's an emissary for Yudhishthira's final plea for peace
- Dhritarashtra wants a lavish reception for Krishna, but Vidura explains that K would prefer peace and justice over Stuff.
- In an interesting non sequitur, Duryodhana plans to take Krishna captive
- Krishna sees Kunti and brings her news of her sons
- Dury rejects the peace offering, so Krishna manifests himself before things can get too messy, forcing Dury to realize he can't be imprisoned.
- Karna promises to single out Arjuna, and only Arjuna, in the coming battle and promises his mom Kunti
- All Hell Breaks Loose
- Arjuna is led away from the main battle by a diversion from Drona
- In his absence, his [young] sun Abhimanyu is asked to penetrate the enemy's formation, which he does but doesn't know how to escape
- So Jayadratha, Dury's bro-in-law, traps Abhi and kills him. sad day.
- Arjuna learns of his son's death and vows to kill Jayadratha before the next day is over
- Jaya hides and only comes out when the sun sets bc he's a coward, but it was a trick where Krishna had used his discus to make it seem like the sunset. Arjuna slays Jaya to fulfil his vow.
- Remember Karna's vow to kill Arjuna? They fight until Karna's chariot wheel gets stuck in the mud, he begs for mercy, but Krishna urges Arjuna to end him anyway (so he does.)
- Dury gets sad cause his army is sucking and hides out at the bottom of a lake
- He comes out for a final duel with Bhima (who fatally wounds him). Dury makes excuses about Krishna's trickery, but Krishna insists that karma brought the deaths of the warriors. Then Dury is killed.
- End of the batle
- The Pandavas go to Hastinapura
- Everyone is really sad; they bury the dead but Yud feels no joy in the victory
- Yud steps down as king and appoints Arjuna in his place, but his family and Krishna complain until he agrees to become king
- The End
- Yud consults the still dying Bhisma to learn about kingship
- The losing side of the war go to live in the forest and die in a forest fire
- Krishna's people destroy themselves in a civil war and the city is swallowed by the sea
- Krishna is killed on the bank of a river by a hunter who mistook his feet for birds
- The Pandavas die one by one until only Yud lives, and he departs for heaven in his bodily forn
- Arjuna's grandson, Parikshit son of Abhimanyu, grows up to be king at Hastinapura to continue the Pandava line
- From Reading Guide for Narayan's Mahabharata, by Laura Gibbs [link]
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