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When does Kiruparchariya take the lead, cos i remmeber it was Aswathaama, Kiruparchariya and some1 else, who sneak into the tents , where the Pandava's children were sleeping , and while Kirupa nd the other guys stand on Guard, Aswathama would walk into the tents and cut off the five childrens heads, while they are fast asleep
Yes yes I remember it now :oops: :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nakeeran
It will be after Bhima slays Duryodhana , Aswathama will take charge, and b4 Duryodhana dies, Aswathama will promise to Duryodhana that he will kill all the pandavas. This proise will happen near the lake, as this will be the place where Duryodhana dies, the seconds b4 he dies, he will see Karna's Atma in the skys dropping flowers on him!
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Originally Posted by Raghu
Its Ashwathama along with Kripa & Kritavarma ( relative of Krishna ) who jointly execute that mass massacre of Panchalas .
This episode will be covered shortly.
Now the focus is on Duryodhana's final battle :D
DURYODHANA INSIDE THE LAKE
As Duryodhana disappeared from the war scene, the Pandavas searched for Duryodhana but could not get him. They all went back to their tents .
Now Kripa, Aswathama & Kritavarma approached the lake & speak some encouraging words & request him to come out & fight . Their contention was that even the Pandavas were reduced to minimum numbers only & they were also equally mangled but the 5 brothers & Drishtadyumna & Shikandi , besides the 5 sons of Pandavas are alive. So its right time to resume fight & emerge victorious.
Duryodhana said :
By good luck, I see you come back with life from this destructive battle.After we have rested a while and dispelled our fatigue, we shall encounter the enemy and conquer him. You are all tired and I myself am exceedingly mangled. For these reasons, I do not like to fight now.
Your devotion also to me is great. This, however, is not the time for prowess. Resting for this one night, I shall, on the morrow, join you and fight with the foe. In this there is no doubt
While they were conversing , a group of hunters overhear the dialogue & incidentally, they were food providers to Bhima.
Upon hearing from the hunters, the entire Pandavas rush to the spot where the lake is situated & Yudhishtira loudly shouts at Duryodhana to come out.
( seeing the pandvas approach, the 3 remaining quickly moved away from that area as they didnt want to expose that Duryodhana was somewhere around )
Yudhishtira speaks some very harsh words on him calling him timid for having escaped deep into the lake running away from the Warfield & this act is not worthy of a true warrior & a Kshatriya & chides him to come out & fight.
Duryodhana responds :
I have not fled from the field of battle actuated by the fear of life. I was alone, without a single follower to stand by me in battle. It was for this that I desired a little rest! It was not for the sake of saving my life, it was not from fear, it was not from grief that I entered these waters! It was only in consequence of fatigue that I did so. Rising from this lake I will certainly fight all of you in battle
Yudhishthira says :
Rise even now, O Duryodhana & fight with us. Either slaying the Parthas in battle make this kingdom Urs or slain by us in battle, proceed to those regions that are reserved for heroes.
Duryodhana again :
All my dear relatives and friends are gone now dead. I do not, again, like to enjoy any longer the earth that is now shorn of wealth and bereft of superior Kshatriyas.
I no longer like to rule a kingdom divested of friends and allies.Having caused friends such as I had to be slain and even sons and brothers and sires, and seeing my kingdom wrested by you, who is there like myself that would like to live?
Infact, the kingdom and this world all yours now. Do enjoy now cheerfully.
A roaring Yudhishtira now :
I don’t want any kingdom of yours getting gifted by you. I shall, on the other hand, enjoy the earth after vanquishing U in battle.
Having first refused the request of Krishna for a small piece of land, What is this folly of Urs ?
Either rule the earth after having vanquished us, or go to regions of blessedness after being slain by us! If both of us are alive, then all creatures will remain in doubt about to whom the victory belongs.
Like the above words, the Pandavas repeatedly rebuked and mocked Duryodhana & asked him to fight .
DURYODHANA's FINAL BATTLE :
The Pandavas continue to utter harsh words and provoked Duryodhana.
Finally when Yudhishtira screams at Duryodhana :
It is not for kingdom or land that we fight . For the so many wrongs that U did to us & the manner U treated Draupadhi on that dreadful day in sabha, nothing will give us satisfaction except Ur life.
Hearing those harsh words, Duryodhana comes out of the lake like a wounded lion with ferocity.
Having come out now, Duryodhana says :
I am alone now without any weapon except my mace , or chariot or manpower. How can I fight on foot against U all without any weapon ?
I wish U fight with me one at a time. I am in no way scared of you all . Standing in battle, alone I can resist you all.
Yudhishtira was stunned by Duryodhana’s bravery now & admires his valour. He now suggests :
Duryodhana, U are a real hero . As U are conversant with mace fight , U can chose mace as ur weapon & fight with ANY ONE OF US . All of us will stand as spectators here. I grant now that even if you slay any one of us , You shall become the king . Otherwise, slain by us, go to heaven.
Thanking Yudhishtira now Duryodhana says :
This mace that I hold in my hand is the weapon that I select. Let any one amongst you who thinks that he will be my match come forward and fight with me on foot, armed with mace.
I shall, with my mace, vanquish U & Ur brothers
Now permitted by Yudhishtira, Duryodhana gets all the necessary equipments like armour , head gear etc which he gets well dressed up & readies for the final fight.
Watching everything , Krishna poured his anger on Yudishtira :
On what basis did U tell Duryodhana to fight with anyone of the Pandavas. Why did U give him that choice of mace fight ? Arent U aware that Duryodhana vigorously practised with the mace upon a statue of iron resembling Bhima.
I don’t regard anyone in this world equal to Duryodhana on mace fighting . Only Bhima comes close to him but his practice with mace is not so great.
You should know the difference between Bhima & Duryodhana – while Bhima is possessed of might and prowess – Duryodhana is immensely possessed of skill.
In a contest between might and skill, the latter always prevails.Through your words , you have put the Pandavas in great danger.
I don’t see anyone in the world today, competent to vanquish Duryodhana on mace fight.
I think now that U are all destined to live in exile only always.
Thus Krishna chided Yudhishtira for that grave mistake of his.
Now Bhima steps in and assures both that he will do the fight with Duryodhana & bring victory .
Seeing Bhima rushing in, Duryodhana challenges him & finally picks him as his fighter. After mutually exchanging some harsh challenging words, both get ready to fight the final battle.
At this moment, Balarama appears before them.
DURYODHANA FIGHTS WITH BHIMA
Seeing Balarama, the Pandavas cheerfully worshipped him and paid respects.
Sri Balarama was diametrically opposite to Sri Krishna on views as before the war broke out, he told clearly to both sides :
I will render aid neither to the son of Dhritarashtra nor to the sons of Pandu. I am sick of this needless war which will definitely witness bloodshed and loss of precious lives.
And he left for theerthyatra which he completes and reaches the war spot .
After taking his blessings, a fierce fight commenced between Duryodhana and Bhima. The strokes of their maces produced loud sounds like those of thunderbolts. Each longing for victory, the battle that took place between them was terrible,. All their limbs bathed in blood.
As the fight went on for hours continuously, out of fatigue, both took rest for sometime , resumed fighting.
As the fight became more interesting, all assembled there wondered who will win finally.
While Bhima’s fight was full of vengeance oriented, Duryodhana’s style presented a highly beautiful spectacle.
Both coursed in beautiful circles, advanced, and receded.
At one stage a powerful blow of Bhima makes Duryodhana tumble and he falls down which brings loud cheer to the Pandavas. However Duryodhana quickly recovers and strikes Bhims with great force.Bhima falls down on the spot with weakened limbs and the blow breaks his armour.
However, wiping his face dyed with blood, Bhima recovers and stood up again .
As the fight further progressed, a worried Arjuna asks Krishna, who will win finally ? for which Krishna replies :
Though Bhima is mightier, Duryodhana is more skilful.If we allow this to continue, Bhima will never be able to win. If he were to fight fairly, Bhima will never succeed in slaying Duryodhana. If, however, he fights unfairly he will be surely able to slay Duryodhana. Therefore, let Bhimasena put forth his prowess, aided by deception.
At the time of the gambling, Bhima vowed to break the thighs of Duryodhana with his mace in battle. Let him accomplish that vow of his. Let him with deception, slay the Kuru king who is full of deception. If Bhima, depending upon his might alone, were to fight fairly, king Yudhishthira will have to incur great danger. I tell U again Arjuna. It is through the fault of king Yudhishthira alone that danger has once more overtaken us.
Having obtained the victory over others, he placed himself once more in a situation of doubt and peril. This has been an act of great folly on the part of Yudhishthira, since he hath made the result of the battle depend upon the victory or the defeat of only one warrior. Duryodhana is accomplished, he is a hero and he is firmly resolved. So Bhima should adopt unfair methods by breaking his thighs , fulfil the vow he took earlier.
Having heard those words of Krishna, Arjuna, strikes his own left thigh before the eyes of Bhima . Understanding that sign, Bhima began to career with his uplifted mace, making many a beautiful circle and other kinds of manoeuvres. Sometimes adopting the right mandala, sometimes the left mandala, and sometimes the motion called Gomutraka.
Duryodhan now quickly strikes a heavy blow on Bhima & the force was such that a large quantity of blood came out of Bhima and he was stupefied. However Duryodhana, knew not that Bhima was so afflicted at that moment. Though deeply afflicted, Bhima sustained himself, summoning all his patience. Duryodhana, therefore, regarded him to be unmoved and ready to return the blow. It was for this that Duryodhana did not strike again. Having rested for a little while, Bhima rushed furiously near Duryodhana .
Now Duryodhana set his plans on the manoeuvre called Avasthana. He, therefore, desired to jump upwards, for crushing Bhima for a final blow .Bhima fully understood the intentions of his adversary. Rushing, therefore, at him, with a loud leonine roar, he fiercely hurled his mace at the thighs of Duryodhana as the latter had jumped up for baffling the first aim. That mace, endued with the force of the thunder and hurled by Bhima fractured the two handsome thighs of Duryodhana.
Thus struck by Bhima on his thighs, Duryodhana falls down heavily causing the earth to echo loudly.
AFTER THE FALL OF DURYODHANA
As Duryodhana fell down heavity , mortally wounded by Bhima’s blow on his thighs, the entire Pandavas filled with joy uttered loud shouts.
Bhima touched the head of Duryodhana with his left foot and jumped in joy . Seeing the act of Bhima, Yudhishtira stops him saying :
Bhima, You have accomplished ur vow today . Cease now . Do not crush his head with your foot. Do not act sinfully. Duryodhana is a king. Again, he is your kinsman. He is fallen. Ur conduct is not proper.
Duryodhana was the lord of eleven Akshauhinis of troops. He was the king of the Kurus. Do not, touch a king and a kinsman with your foot.
He has been struck down in battle. He is to be pitied in every respect. He deserves not to be insulted, for remember that he is a king. He is ruined. He is our brother.
Having loudly chided Bhima thus, Yudhishtir with voice choked in tears approaches Duryodhana and says :
Being driven by wicked people around you earlier, unfortunately for having listened to them , you had to pay a heavy price today. However, we have no one to blame as its all destiny.
Having fought a brave fight, you will be reaching the heaven , the highest honour but I will continue to suffer from the afflicted wives of you and your brothers and their curses.
Yudhishtira deeply afflicted with grief now, began to breath hard and was lamenting.
On seeing the way Duryodhana getting beaten on his thighs, Balarama became exceedingly angry.Raising his arms aloft , Balarama with his plough weapon, in a voice of deep sorrow, said in the midst of everyone :
fie on Bhima. Fie that in such a fair fight a blow had been struck below the navel .No limb below the navel should be struck. This is the precept laid down in treatises. This Bhima, however, is an ignorant wretch, unacquainted with the truths of treatises.
Saying this Balarama furiously rished towards Bhima with his plough weapon.
KRISHNA RESCUES BHIMA FROM BALARAMA
While Balarama furiously rushed with his weapon towards Bhima, the entire Pandavas including Bhima feared disaster. However, a timely intervention by a rushing Krishna saves his life.
Interestingly, both Duryodhana and Bhima consider Sri Balarama as their Guru and with great reverence and Balarama has high regards for both and he considers them on par .
Krishna also explains the whole background and also tries to justify saying that Bhima had fulfilled his oath which he took in the hall of dice when Draupadhi was disrobed. He also justifies that for having done wicked acts earlier, Duryodhana deserves this punishment.
Even then Balarama was not convinced . He says :
Having unfairly slain Duryodhana , Bhima shall ever be reputed in this world as a crooked warrior. Duryodhana, on the other hand, shall obtain eternal blessedness.
A really upset Balarama thus leaves the Warfield and proceeds towards Dwarka.
Its quite interesting to note 2 different characters , having diametrically opposite views . While Sri Balarama was very particular that despite the evils done to Pandvas, when it comes to war, the rules will have to be followed religiously, Srikrishna had a different view altogether. You can even do adharma to restore Dharma.
Now Krishna speaks to Yudhishtira , who was down already with his head hung down and knew not what to do in consequence of his deep affliction.
Yudhishtira was still not convinced . He says :
I am not at all happy with the way Bhima reacted . Touching the head of the king with his foot, is not agreeable to me, nor am I glad at this extermination of my race. By guile were we always deceived by the sons of Dhritarashtra. Many were the cruel words they spoke to us. We were again exiled into the woods by them. Great is the grief on account of all those acts that is in Bhima’s heart. Reflecting on all this, I looked on with indifference.
Yudhishtira is one of the fascinating characters of this great epic ! He never goes beyond dharma and always loaded with emotions and passion for brotherhood. Yudhishtira always resprespected Duryodhana as a king and as a valiant fighter and true Kshatriya.
The manner in which Duryodhana was beaten by Bhima didn’t get the approval of everyone present there. Some lauded the traits of Duryodhana while others praised Bhima. Some chided Bhima for the manner in which he hit on the thighs to defeat him. In short, the atmosphere was a bit disturbed
And seeing everyone in this mood, Krishna tries to comfort them by saying :
Dear all, its not proper to talk ill of a person when he is critically wounded and about to face his end now. And no need to glorify him also now as he had paid a heavy price for his past misdeeds and for having adopted adharma all these years. Duryodhana was a stupid person who fell into the hands of cunning and wicked people and is now destroyed. Lets all go now.
Hearing the words of Krishna , Duryodhana’s anger was uncontrollable. With great difficulty, he contracted his eyebrows and cast angry glances at Krishna. And now he started hitting Krishna hard with bitter words :
You are the son of Kamsa’s slave and you have shamelessly forgotten that you have no place to be amongst kings and you also speak like a shameless wretch.
You are talking about dharma and adharma ?? Did you follow dharma during the war ?
1. It was you who caused this unfairly act by reminding Bhima with a hint about breaking my thighs. Are u under the impression that I did not mark it when Arjuna acted under your advice , hinted at Bhima ?Upto that stage, the fight was equal . You , having caused the end of 1000s of kings and warriors by unfair methods and you have caused great carnage by your adharmic methods
2. You, unable to bear and tolerate / resist / withstand the onslaught of our Grandsire Bhishma and You devised methods to silence him by placing Shikandi in front of Arjuna and he also shamelessly shot arrows knowing fully well that Bhishma will not fight against Shikandi. It was no fight at all as Bhishma didn’t even take his bow against Shikandi. But for your ill mannered advice, you would never have brought down Bhishma
3. You shamelessly killed an elephant called Ashwathama, made Yudhishtira to utter a lie only to have the great Guru Drona to lay aside his weapons and . stop fighting. And when the Guru was in yoga posture, having given up everything, that wretched Drishtadyumna came cunningly and cut off his head.
4. The dart of Indira was preserved by Karna only for Arjuna. You , by your cunning methods put forward Gatotkacha and annihilated it.
Who is there that is more sinful than you ?
5. When Burisiravas was fighting Satyaki, under your instructions, this shameless Arjuna shot an arrow and cut his right hand when he was about to slay Satyaki. Again, right in front of your eyes, you watched Satyaki slaying Burisravas when he was in yoga posture having given up his arms.
6. You , by creating an illusion, covered the Sun and caused temprory darkness and while Saindhava Jayathratha was watching the course of the son, Arjuna cut off his head . Otherwise, you could never have reached close to him that evening. And Jayathratha was slain when he was offguard.
7. Karna had done a great feat for vanquishing Arjuna. You , by your methods baffled that snake headed arrow of Aswasena .
8. When again the wheel of Karna's car sank in mire and Karna was afflicted with calamity and almost vanquished on that account, when he was anxious to liberate his wheel, under your instruction, Arjuna slayed Karna .
IF YOU HAD REALLY FOUGHT WITH ME OR KARNA OR BHISMA OR DRONA BY FAIR METHODS, YOU WOULD NEVER EVEN CAN DREAM OF BEATING ME. BY ADOPTING THE MOST CROOKED AND UNRIGHTEOUS OF MEANS, YOU HAD CAUSED THE DEATH OF GREAT PERSONALITIES AND THUS WON THIS WAR SHAMELESSLY.
With immense pain , Duryodhana some managed to scream loudly at Krishna , the above words.
Hearing the stunning words of Duryodhana, its Krishna’s turn to respond :
Duryodhana, why you are attributing your countless losses and defeat to me ? Due to your evil acts, 2 great men Bhishma and Drona had to die for you. Karna too had been killed for having imitated your behaviour.
Despite my personal visit and the request for a small piece of paternal share, you , acting in counsel with Shakuni, never agreed to our persuasions. You also gave poison to Bhima. You all tried to kill the Pandavas in that wax palace.
You all insulted Druapadhi in the rajyasabha when she was in no way connected with it. A solo Abimanyu was surrounded by you all and killed him when he was alone without an arrow.For having committed so many sinful acts, you derserve to be slain.
Having perpetrated all these sins, you thoroughly derserve to bear the consequences of your sinful acts now.
Even after hearing the response of Krishna, Duryodhana was not finished yet . He fires his balance now :
Krishna, I have studied, made presents according to the ordinance, governed the wide Earth with her seas, and stood over the heads of my foes. Who is there so fortunate as myself. That end again which is courted by Kshatriyas observant of the duties of their own order, death in battle, has become mine. Who, therefore, is so fortunate as myself? Human enjoyments such as were worthy of the very gods and such as could with difficulty be obtained by other kings, had been mine. Prosperity of the very highest kind had been attained by me.
With all my well-wishers, and my younger brothers, I am going to heaven, with unfading glory. As regards yourselves, with your purposes unachieved and torn by grief, live yet in this unhappy world shedding tears for having lost all your dear ones with grief .
Now something extrodinary and unexpected happened now .
Upon the conclusion of these words by Duryodhana, a thick shower of fragrant flowers fell from the sky. The Gandharvas played upon many charming musical instruments. The Apsaras in a chorus sang the glory of Duryodhana. The Siddhas uttered loud sound to the effect, Praise be to king Duryodhana. Fragrant and delicious breezes mildly blew on every side. All the quarters became clear and the firmament looked blue .
Seeing all these happen from the sky and this kind of worship and admiration to Duryodhana, the Pandavas headed by Krishna became ashamed. Hearing invisible beings cry out that Bhishma and Drona and Karna and Bhurishrava were slain unrighteously, they became afflicted with grief and wept in sorrow.
Seeing the Pandavas deeply filled with anxiety and grief, Krishna addressed them in a deep voice :
All of them were great car-warriors and exceedingly quick in the use of weapons. If you had put forth all your prowess, even then you all could never have slain them in battle by fighting fairly. Duryodhana also could never be slain in a fair encounter. The same is the case with all those mighty car-warriors headed by Bhishma. From desire of doing good to you, I repeatedly applied my powers of illusion and caused them to be slain by diverse means in battle. If I had not adopted such deceitful ways in battle, victory would never have been yours, nor kingdom, nor wealth. Those four were very high-souled warriors and regarded as Atirathas in the world. The very Regents of the Earth could not slay them in fair fight. Similarly, the son of Dhritarashtra, though fatigued when armed with the mace, could not be slain in fair fight by Yama himself armed with his bludgeon. You should not take it to heart that this foe of yours had been slain deceitfully. When the number of one's foes becomes great, then destruction should be effected by contrivances and means. The gods themselves, in slaying the Asuras, have trod the same way. That way, therefore, that path adopted by Gods can be followed by all.
We have been crowned with success. It is evening. We had better depart to our tents. Let us all take rest.
Now the Pandavas, still with shame for having seen the Gandharvas and others admiring Duryodhana, retired back to their respective tents.
I CONSIDER THIS PARTICULAR POST VERY IMPORTANT AS THE WORDS COME OUT FROM SRIKRISHNA HIMSELF ABOUT THE VALOUR AND GREATNESS OF THE KAURAVAS AND HE HIMSELF ACKNOWLEDGES THAT BY FAIR METHODS, NO ONE CAN WIN THE KAURAVAS AND IT WAS KRISHNA WHO HAD TO ADOPT UNFAIR METHODS TO ANNIHILATE THE KAURAVAS.