Hari OM,
This week we started our class with prayers. We learnt the second stotram in the Mahishasura Mardini stotram in this class. We then had a discussion on the Yugas in Hinduism - this included Satya, Treta, Dwapara and Kali yugas. The purpose of this discussion was to help the class understand when Mahabharata occurred in the Indian history.
This was followed by the continuation of the Mahabharata:
- On the fourth day of the war, Bheema kills 8 brothers of Duryodhana and fights Bhagadatta with his elephant. Bheema faints and Ghatotkacha comes to his rescue and fights admirably. Yudhishthira embraces his nephew at the end of the day as the hero of the day. Duryodhana grieves, lamenting to Bheeshma that the Pandavas are invincible.
- On the Fifth and Sixth days, Dhristadyumna and Bheema are hailed as heroes and the Pandavas destroy a large portion of the Kaurava army. Duryodhana is also hurt in battle and is becoming more downtrodden.
- On the seventh day, many duels take place, Sikhandi tries to approach Bheeshma but Bheeshma always turns away. Arjuna fights the Trigartas.
- On the eighth day, Arjuna's son Iravan is killed and Bheema and Ghatotkacha cause a ruin in the army of the Kauravas along with Arjuna and Abhimanyu. In the night, Duryodhana again grieves the death of many more of his brothers. Karna consoles his dear friend.
We also learnt two new verses 21-22 from Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 2 in this class. This was followed by the Chinmaya Pledge.
Reminder: Our next class is on Feb 21, 2021.
Pranaams!
Krishna and Vijay
