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.

Week 14, Reading Diary A: Buck's Mahabharata

• With the power of illusion, Duryodhana makes the water of the lake impenetrable.
• Duryodhana ends up dueling Bhima. Duryodhana consequently gets his thighs smashed and slowly dies.
• Sanjaya, Kripa, Kritavarman and Ashwatthaman visit the dying Duryodhana.
• Duryodhana, while dying, tells them the story of how death came into being along with how he is glad to have been killed in battle.
• Duryodhana lastly requests that Ashwatthaman become commanding general.
• A great battle happens during a night raid on the Pandavas camp.
• Dhrishtadyumna, Sikhandin and Panchala's armies led by king Drupada are killed.
• After the battle, Rakshasas enter the camp and eat the dead.
• Kripa, Kritavarman and Ashwatthaman are the only servivors from the Kaurava army.
• The broken chariots from the battle are used to make the funeral pyres. 
• Kunti cenfesses at the funeral that Karna was her son.
• The dead army is lead into the Ganges by Drona.