Reading Notes: PDE Mahabharata, Part D
Arjuna and Karna
This story was about two brothers battling each other, Arjuna and Karna. In the battle, the brothers are shooting arrows at one another. Krishna and Shalya guided the chariots of Arjuna and Karna, respectively. At one point, one of Karna's arrows struck and severed Arjuna's bow string. Arjuna asked for a pause in the battle out of respective and according to the rules of battle. However, Karna did not care and continued to shooting the arrows. Then Arjuna was able to fix his arrow and fight back. Next thing you know, Karna's chariot was hit and the horse weren't able to advance. Thus, he asked Arjuna to pause the battle, in which he did but Krishna kind of talked him out of it. He mentioned to Arjuna about Karna killing his son Abhimanyu, which brought back Arjuna's anger. Arjuna proceed to shoot at Karna and severed his head. This ended the battle with a brother dying by the hand of a brother.
This was kind of a sad story of how a brother died at the hands of another brother. I think I could change the setting or the view point of the story. It could be interesting to narrate the story through the chariot guiders or maybe even Karna's point of view before he dies.
Bibliography: PDE Mahabharata- Arjuna and Karna
This story was about two brothers battling each other, Arjuna and Karna. In the battle, the brothers are shooting arrows at one another. Krishna and Shalya guided the chariots of Arjuna and Karna, respectively. At one point, one of Karna's arrows struck and severed Arjuna's bow string. Arjuna asked for a pause in the battle out of respective and according to the rules of battle. However, Karna did not care and continued to shooting the arrows. Then Arjuna was able to fix his arrow and fight back. Next thing you know, Karna's chariot was hit and the horse weren't able to advance. Thus, he asked Arjuna to pause the battle, in which he did but Krishna kind of talked him out of it. He mentioned to Arjuna about Karna killing his son Abhimanyu, which brought back Arjuna's anger. Arjuna proceed to shoot at Karna and severed his head. This ended the battle with a brother dying by the hand of a brother.
This was kind of a sad story of how a brother died at the hands of another brother. I think I could change the setting or the view point of the story. It could be interesting to narrate the story through the chariot guiders or maybe even Karna's point of view before he dies.
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| Arjuna and Karna in battle (Source: Wikimedia Commons) |
Bibliography: PDE Mahabharata- Arjuna and Karna
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