Week 14, Reading Diary B: Buck's Mahabharata

• Vaishampayana  is taught the Mahabarata by Vyasa.
• The Pandavas and Kauravas are descendants of Bharata.
• Bhishma decides to die after the battle and around his friends.
• The people around him at his death are Satyaki, Krishna, the Pandavas, Dhritarashtra, Vidura, Vyasa and Yuytsu.
• Bhishmas body is then burned and dumped into the Ganges.
• Yudhishthira has a bad dream that consisted of him and his brothers going on an adventure.
• All of his brothers end up dying and it's only him and a friendly dog.
• The dog turned out to be Lord Yama, his father. It turned out to be a test.
• he then finds himself in hell with his brothers and then he wakes up.
• On returning to Hastinapura, Yudhishthira is made king.
• Parikshit is born dead but Krishna brings him back to life.
• Parikshita eventually becomes king and continues on the Pandava line.
• After going into the fort to live and meditate, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti all die in a forest fire.