Week 10, Reading Diary B. Narayan's Mahabharata

•   After a long talk over if a war is necessary, war preparations are made.

•   Draupadi is made commander of the troops.

•   Arjuna is the only son of Kunti's that Karna will attack in the battle.

•   Krishna preaches the song of the lord in order to calm Arjuna and prepare him for battle.

•    Karna joins the fight after Bhishma is killed by Arjuna.

•   Arjuna's son, Abhimanyu, is killed after breaking through the enemy's formation.

•   Arjuna kills Jayadratha in revenge for the death of his son.

•   Drona is killed by Dhrishtadyumna when he is stunned by the idea of his son being killed.

•   Once the battle is over, all the Pandavas go to Hastinapura.

•   Karma is blamed when looking back at how Karna killed a hermits cow and then in battle had his wheel stuck in the mud causing him to get killed.

Yudhishtira becomes king.

Week 10, Reading Diary A, Narayan's Mahabharata

• Dhritarashtra has his spies inform him of the Pandavas actions.
• He is informed of the weapons they acquire. 
• Once captured by the gandharava, the Pandavas then rescue him.
• Nakula dies after drinking water from a mystical lake.
• Sahadeva, Arjuna and Bhima all die after drinking the water.
• Yudhishthire answers the mystical lake and in turn revives his brothers. He then finds out it was his father death.
• Arjuna defeats Karna in battle. Arjuna wants to keep the Pandava's identity secret so he tells Uttara not to say anything.
• In a misunderstanding between Virtata throws dice at Yudhishthire which draws blood. Virata gives his daughter for marriage to Yudhishthire's son in return.
• A war begins to brew between the two factions. It is proposed that this war will be the end of both Vyasa and Dhritarashtra.