Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

This week's part D reading was intense. The Pandavas lost many of their family members and also the people they loved from the big battle. It was interesting that most of the Pandavas brothers dies by arrows. It was also soothing to listen to lord Krishna's wisdom to Arjuna. The wisdom that he gives can still be used in today's lifestyle. There was also one strong on bathing in Ganges to forget the sorrow of loved one's death, which still relates to today's society as when someone dies in Hindu family they are suppose to take the ashes and perform rituals to clean ones body and let the ashes go in the holy water. It is said that if such rituals are performed, the person who dies is at peace. It was shocking to see Krishna die at the end just by one of the solider's shooting an arrow to his foot. The arrows hits a spot that wounds him mortally. The hunter also thought he saw a gazelle and not krishna that's why he shot him, which resembles many stories of when king shoots a deer in Ramayana and also of a Brahmin who was disguised in deer and shot.

Bibliography: PDE Mahabharata

Krishna shot in his foot by a hunter

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