Sunday, November 9, 2014

Reading Diary A - Week 13

-Yudhishthira sends his brothers on by one into the forest to fetch water
-When they didn't return, he went into the forest and found their bodies
-The brothers are revived by Yama when Yudhishthira answers questions proposed as a test

-The Pandavas decide to spend their 13th year of exile in the Matsya kingdom
-Yudhishthira becomes a brahmin with expertise in dice and chess
-Bhima becomes a cook
-Draupadi becomes a maid
-Sahadeva tends to cattle
-Arjuna becomes a eunuch
-Nakula tends to horses

-Indra wants to armor and earring that Karna has worn since birth
-Indra comes to Karna in disguise but he sees through it
-Indra ends up giving Karna an infallible dart

-Kichaka is killed by Bhima when he tries to attack Draupadi

-Susharman and Duryodhana plan a cattle raid
-Arjuna defeats them all by using a weapon to make them all fall asleep

-Sanjaya comes to see the Pandavas

-Karna says he can defeat the Pandavas single-handedly

-Duryodhana and Yudhishthira go to see Krishna
-"When Krishna awakes, he sees Arjuna first and offers him a choice: he can take Krishna as his ally, or he can have all the soldiers of Krishna's army. Arjuna chooses Krishna as his ally, giving the soldiers to Duryodhana"

-Krishna pleads with Karna to join the Pandavas but Karna refuses

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