BOOK 7 DRONA PARVA- Sub Parvas - Descriptions in Progress

[Anne Terri]

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The Mahabharata
of
Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
BOOK 7
DRONA PARVA
Translated into English Prose from the Original Sanskrit Text
by
Kisari Mohan Ganguli
[1883-1896]

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THE MAHABHARATA
BOOK 7 DRONA PARVA
Drona Parva (Sections I-CCIII )

The Drona Parva has 8 sub-parvas (sub-books or little books) and 204 adhyayas The following are the sub-parvas:

1. Dronābhisheka parva (Sections I–XXX)

With Bhishma fatally injured and on his death bed of arrows, Karna meets Bhishma and asks his permission to join the war. Karna meets Kauravas and consoles them on the loss of Bhishma, then advises Duryodhana to appoint Drona - their teacher - as replacement commander-in-chief for the war. Drona is crowned as the new chief of the Kauravas army. The sub-parva describes various battles, and brutal destruction on both sides.

2. Samsaptakabadha parva (Sections XVII-XXXII) (Note, in Our version of Dronābhisheka parva, This sub-parva is contained within, and also runs into the first section of the Abhimanyu-Vadha parva)

Arjuna wins a series of battle, destroys Samsaptakas, and kills Sudhanwa. Drona kills Satyajit. Bhima kills king Anga. Both sides suffer a series of losses, including the deaths of Naraka, Nila and three brothers of Karna.

The Pandavas' nephew Abhimanyu battles the Kauravas and their allies.

3. Abhimanyu-vadha parva (Sections XXXIII–LXXI)

Abhimanyu starts the day with a series of victories, slaughtering numerous fronts of Kauravas alliance. He defeats Jayadhrata, kills Rukhmaratha. His sweep attracts the focus of Kauravas. Drona collects six warriors and together they attack Abhimanyu, who is later killed by Duhshassana's son.The death of Abhimanyu - the son of Arjuna, shocks Pandavas.

4. Pratijna parva (Sections LXXII–LXXXIV) -
In Our version of The Mahabharata the Pratijna parva is included with The Abhimanyu (Sections LXXII–LXXXIV)
This sub-parva recites the story of Akampana, a tale to console someone who has lost a dear one. Arjuna and Subhadra cry after learning about their son's death. Krishna consoles.

5. Jayadratha-vadha parva (Sections LXXXV-CLI)

Arjuna returns to the battlefield, and unleashes destruction to Kauravas side. Pandavas side suffers losses as well. Jayadratha is killed by Arjuna.

6. Ghatotkacha-vadha parva (Chapters: CLIII–CLXXXIII)

Duryodhana uses all means of war, fair and unfair, heroic and barbaric, breaks rules of just war when necessary, and causes havoc and major losses on Pandavas side. Drona kills Sivi. Satyaki kills Somadatta. Bhima kills Dhruva, Jayarata, Durmada, Dushkarna, Valhika, seven brothers of Shakuni, ten brothers of Duryodhana, five princes of Gandhari, and many more warriors. Ghatotkacha, the son of Bhima, similarly kills a vast array of Kauravas army formations. Karna and Kauravas focus on Ghatotkacha, killing him. Bhima cries over his son's death, as do other Pandavas. Both sides harden in their stance to destroy the other side.

7. (Drona-vadha Parva Chapters CLXXXIV-CCIII )

This sub-book describes how Drona - the teacher who taught both Kauravas and Pandavas brothers - died on the battlefield. Drona mistakenly believes his son Ashwatthama is dead, when an elephant named Ashwatthama dies. Drona in grief becomes vulnerable, which Dhrishtadyumna exploits to kill him. Drona's death sends Kauravas army into panic.

8. Narayanastra-mokshana parva (Chapters: CXCIV–CCIII) Included in above parva

Ashwatthama who just lost his father is upset and angry at the unjust death of his father. He returns to the battlefield and slaughters Pandava army. He uses weapons of mass destruction, so-called the Narayana weapon, in anger. The Narayana weapon has the power to kill everyone who is armed. Krishna realizes the power and scale of the Narayana weapon. He uses his god powers to tell everyone to throw down their weapons, thus saving the Pandavas brothers and their army. Ashwatthama tries to use other weapons of mass destruction as revenge for his father's death, but fails. Sage Vyasa appears and explains to Ashwatthama that he can no longer fight because he is abusing his powers and unjustly using weapons. Ashwatthama retires from the battle field, an action that saves him from the destruction in days of war ahead. Ashwatthama reappears after the war ends, and takes his revenge in Sauptika Parva.

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THE MAHABHARATA of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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