Week 13 reading Part A

This week I read about the how Dhritarashtra was so upset after hearing how Bhima killed Duryodhana that he tried to embrace Bhima and kill him. The detail in Krishna Dharma's version is so much better than R.K. Narayan's version because you actually see how Dhritarashtra ends up hurting himself. Dharma describes the king as coughing up blood after embracing and breaking the iron statue of Bhima. Also, I really like the detail of how sad Dhritarashtra was after hugging realizing he would have killed Bhima if he had actually embraced the real Bhima. The detail of the sorrow makes the king a lot more relatable to the audience. I think at some point the readers can relate to a moment of action that they would have regretted doing if it actually had happened. Luckily, Krishna was able to foresee the anger and saved Bhima.

Dhritarashtra embraces Bhima's statue source

Bibliography:

Krishna Dharma's - The Mahabharata