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Bhima’s rakshasa son fights at night. Karna uses his divine weapon (Shakti, given by Indra, meant for Arjuna) to kill him.

Arrows pierce Bhishma’s entire body. He falls, but chooses the time of his death (Uttarayana, the sun’s northern course). He lies on a bed of arrows, giving final lessons on kingship for 58 days. mahabharat full story

She shakes her blood-matted hair and vows: “I will not tie it again until I wash it in the blood of Dushasana’s chest.” Bhima’s rakshasa son fights at night

Bhima smashes Duryodhana’s thighs. Duryodhana, dying, accuses Krishna: “You are not a god. You are the cleverest cheat.” He falls, but chooses the time of his

Kunti reveals that the five Pandavas were fathered by gods because of Pandu’s curse—but Karna (the Kaurava ally) is actually her firstborn, born before marriage, abandoned in a river. Karna is the eldest Pandava. He has been fighting his own brothers.

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