Duryodhana realized on the battlefield that he had lost and
now was scared for his life. He had nowhere to run except into the forest and
hide there until things blew over and everyone was over the war. Duryodhana
runs as fast as he could into the woods making sure that no one would see him. In
the middle of the forest there was a lake. He decides to jump in to the bottom
and use his power to create an illusion of a solid lake so that if someone did
find him they would not try and get to him.
Meanwhile on the battlefield, Arjun is looking for
Duryodhana as he was the last one to be taken care off. The rest of the
generals and relatives of Duryodhana had fallen in war bravely. Krishna, Arjun’s
charioteer, then tells Arjun that Duryodhana has hid in the lake in the middle
of the forest. Hearing this the Pandavs make their way into the forest along
with their army. Once they get to the lake that Duryodhana was hiding under,
they all wonder who will take the honors to finish him off. Yudishthira then
orders Bhīma to take the first try.
Bhima steps on to the lake and using his mighty strength
breaks the illusion of the solid lake. He then fishes his arm into the lake and
pulls out Duryodhana who is now trembling with fear. Bhima and Duryodhana fight
for a while till the others get impatient and yell out to just finish him. And
as Bhima had promised earlier, he smashes Duryodhana’s thighs. Duryodhana lay
there on the shore of the lake all beaten up and unable to move. The army
looked at each other and were cheering with happiness thinking that the war was
now over.
Krishna stepped off the chariot which fell apart instantly
because it had been broken a few days into the war. Krishna had managed to hold
the chariot together in the battle with his powers of illusion. Krishna
explained that although the major part of the war was over there were still a
few more strikes left to take care off. And so the Pandavs decide to set up
camp, and instead of camping up in a tent they decide to camp outside and keep guard
along with Krishna. As they patiently waited for the next move the sun went
down and the sky turned dark.
- Buck, William (1973). Mahabharata.
Author's Note:
I decided to retell where they find Duryodhana and Bhima smashes his thighs as he had promised. i did not retell it exactly, I retold it in my owns words. I retold it by the images I imagined it as using whatever I could remember about it and filling in the gaps as I went.
What an interesting story! I was unaware of this story before I read your version, so I don't know the original story, but it definitely sounds interesting. I think your use of the image was a very smart decision because it was easy for me to visualize what you were writing about when you were talking about the solid lake. Good post!
ReplyDeleteHey Soham, I really enjoyed reading your twist on Duryodhana's demise. This was a good retelling of the story even though you did not veer too far from the nature course of the story. It was interesting to see what details you filled in from the gaps in your mind and thats what made this story your own. Overall, great job!
ReplyDeleteHey Soham! This was a really great story and I really enjoyed your storytelling method. You did a really great job telling this story and made sure to keep the reader interested at all times. There isn’t anything that I could see that you could change to make this story better. It was a great read and I really enjoyed reading it.
ReplyDeleteHi Soham! This was a really great story. I really enjoyed this in the reading this week so I was excited to see a new perspective and twist on it. I think you did a great job at making it your own and still ticking to the overall plot and making it interesting. I love the image that you used. I also enjoyed the detail that you put into this story. Great writing! I sure have enjoyed reading your blog this semester!
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