Week 14: Reading Diary A

In week 14 we picked up where we left off in week 13 with the incident at the lake. Duryodhana's next step was to make the entire lake impenetrable. Yudhisthira then proposes that Druyodhana fights on of the Pandavas, so he fights Bhima. The fight takes place at the lake and brim defeats him. Druyodhana is then found in agony after Bhima smashed his thighs. However, Duryodhana is proud to have fallen in battle and proud to die that way. Ashwatthaman becomes the leading general andpreares for the night raid on the Pandavas camp. However, the Pandavas are sleeping outside the normal camp that night. The camp is guarded by a manifestation of Shiva in the form of a three eyed giant dressed in tiger skin. Ashwatthaman at first attacks the giant but then offers himself as a sacrifice to Shiva and earns his way inside the camp. He, once inside, kills many of the people inside. As soon as the news is given to Druyodhana, he passes away. After the late night raid of the camp there are not many survivors left on either side of the battle. Vyasa then takes the gift of sight away from Sanjaya. He composed the Mahahharata for the benefit of humanity. Eventually Dhritarashtra is able to embrace the Pandavas. Vyasa enters the Ganges and an army rises up until eventually the Drona leads the ghost army back into the lake. 

Duryodhana in the lake

Source: Wikipedia