The Bhagavad-gita And at that moment the son of Pandu, sitting on the chariot with the emblem of Hanuman, having seen the mighty enemy army deployed with great tactical wisdom, said to Krishna[1]: “O infallible, lead … Read More
The Celebrations For The Victory There were moments of great joy when the Pandavas with Dhristadyumna, Satyaki, Shikandi, the five sons of Draupadi and the other survivors of the great massacre, returned to the camp. And … Read More
Duryodhana Defeated Before an anxious audience, the final duel of Kurukshetra’s long and bloody war began. The warrior styles that characterized them were immediately evident: the two were very different from each other: Bhima obviously more … Read More
Preparations For The Final Duel Upon reaching the place, the warriors dismounted and Yudhisthira approached the shore, calling for Duryodhana aloud. “Cousin, what are you doing there? Where is your arrogance? Are you not so sure … Read More
Sanjaya Begins To Tell The Story Not far from the lake Samanta-panchaka, created in ancient times by the avatara Parashurama, was stationed the great army of the Pandavas. When they left their tents that morning, everyone … Read More
Duryodhana Dives Into The Lake In those last moments, Duryodhana was far from the scene of the clashes when the plain of Kurukshetra faced him from a height, entirely covered with an impressive layer of corpses … Read More
The Eighteenth Day Shalya carefully analyzed his forces and the overwhelming ones of his opponents, then decided not to separate his troops and to go all out by attacking head-on. Personally stationed at the head of … Read More
Shalya Parva Shalya Appointed Commander Only a day had passed when the righteous Sanjaya, the disciple of Vyasa, returned again from Kurukshetra. Dhritarastra realized that it was all over, that Duryodhana and his … Read More
Sanjaya Begins To Tell The Story Not far from the lake Samanta-panchaka, created in ancient times by the avatara Parashurama, was stationed the great army of the Pandavas. When they left their tents that morning, everyone … Read More
Duryodhana And The Secret Of Karna The Kaurava soldiers, who had suffered the trauma of seeing three commanders downed in seventeen days, had withdrawn in a disorderly fashion. Shalya was among the last to return to … Read More
The Fall Of Karna Disappearing under a cascade of fiery arrows, Karna had miraculously managed to re-emerge by detonating each of those thousands of arrows with as many of his own. Unleashing blasts of fire, the … Read More
A pesar de estar exhausto después de la dura batalla que había luchado con Drona, Satyaki atravesó con relativa facilidad la primera capa, que en todo caso ya había sido casi destruida anteriormente por Arjuna. … Read More
The Duel Between Arjuna And Karna For a few moments everyone was petrified by that scene of unprecedented violence, no one had moved. Then Vrishasena, seized by a fit of rage, shouting menacingly, rushed towards Bhima. … Read More
The Tragic End Of Duhssasana And in the midst of a terrible turmoil, in the distance Arjuna saw Karna. “There he is,” he said to Krishna, “the last of our nightmares. When he dies, victory will … Read More
On The Seventeenth Day “Today I will not return to my tents,” Vivasvan’s son solemnly said to Duryodhana at dawn on the seventeenth day, “without having killed Arjuna first. This is my solemn vow, and only … Read More
