Arjuna and Karna began shooting arrows at one another while
Krishna and Shalya guided their chariots. Karna’s arrow struck Arjuna’s bow and
the bowstring was severed. The rules of battle state you can’t attack a
disabled foeman but Karna didn’t stop. Then Karna’s chariot sank into the
ground and he cried out to Arjuna not to wage in unequal war. But since he had
not heeded when Arjuna’s bow needed to be restrung and had made several other
unmanly actions as Krishna pointed out, Arjuna shot him bow and struck off
Karna’s head.
As Draupadi mourns the death of her brother and her five
sons, she demands to have the head of Ashwatthaman brought to her. Yudhidhthira
explains that Ashwatthaman is a Brahmin and Vishnu will punish for his
wrongdoing. Draupadi then demands that the great jewel of Ashwatthaman be taken
from him. Arjuna found him and returned with the jewel.
Vyasa appeared before the Pandavas and told them their time
to depart from the world had come. They took off their royal garments and
jewels and put on garb of hermits, as did Draupadi. They walked toward the
rising sun and one by one they fell by the way.
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| Arjuna Faces Karna Source |
Bibliography: PDE Mahabharata, Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.
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