week 7: reading notes Mahabharata part C

The Mahabharata, written by R. K. Narayan

• Dhritarashtra knows what the Pandavas are up to even in exile because of his spies
• Duryodhana camps near the Pandavas in the forest because he plans on humiliating him but he ends up getting captured during a battle the Pandavas save him
• Pandavas end up at a magical lake where they receive the gift of unrecognizability for their 13th year in exile
• Kichaka is killed by one of the Pandavas after he rapes their wife
• when Duryodhana hears of Kichaka's death, he is suspicious
• Pandavas and Duryodhana recruit allies for the upcoming war
• Arjuna teams up with Pandavas and Duryodhana receives Arjuna's 1 million soldiers
• Pandavas ask for peace one last time and the king's wife begs him to exile Dhritarashtra and bring back the Pandavas but the king can't resist his son

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