Reading Notes Mahabharata (D)

PDE Mahabharata: Bhishma Falls

Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)

http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/pde-mahabharata-bhishma-falls.html

Bhishma is destroying things. Yudhishthira speaks to Krishna tells him that Bhishma will be defamed if he slays a woman. Krishna says that Arjuna must go with Shikhandin to Bhishma. Shikhandin was born a woman but was made male by a yaksha. Arjuna is really upset about Bhishma's fate because he loves him like a father but Krishna explains it has to happen. 

PDE Mahabharata: Drona in Command

Source. Mahabharata, Epic of the Bharatas, by Romesh C. Dutt (1898)

http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/pde-mahabharata-battles-rages.html

Drona is now leading Duryodhana's army, he also says he is going to take Yudhishthir captive. 

PDE Mahabharata: Death of Drona

Source. Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita (1914)

http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2008/06/pde-mahabharata-death-of-drona.html

As long as the son of Drona was alive, Ashwatthaman, it was said that Drona could not be defeated. So Bhima knew that he had to trick Drona. To do this Bhima killed an elephant named Ashwatthaman and yelled in front of Drona that Ashwatthaman was dead, which he was technically just not the Ashwatthaman that Drona was thinking of. However, Drona still refused to accept this news until he heard it from Yudhishthira who is unable to lie. Yudhishthira confirmed that Ashwatthaman was dead but after every "Ashwatthaman" he said (indistinctly to Drona) "the elephant."

Depiction of Drona's Death
Source: Drona's Death