Hari Om!
Here is the update for last week's class.
Stotram: We completed Mahishasuramardini stotram in class. Please encourage the children to continue practising at home.
Mahabharata: Today we saw Karna visiting Bhishma in a bed of arrows, paying his respects. Bhishma spoke well of him and mentioned that he knew well that Karna was Kunti's son and that he should fight with the Pandavas. Karna said that he could not desert Duryodhana and he would fight for him. This is the end of Bhishma parva.Sanjaya hastened to Hastinapura to narrate the events of the war and the fall of Bhishma to Dhritarashtra. Day 11 marked the start of Drona parva. Drona was appointed the next commander in chief of the Kaurava army. Duryodhana asked him to capture Yudhishtra and thereby end the war. Drona naively thought Duryodhana was trying to not kill or harm the Pandavas, but Duryodhana explained that he simply intended to capture Yudhishtra so he can defeat him again in a dice game and regain the kingdom. The Acharya made every attempt to capture Yudhishtra, but was thwarted by Arjuna. At this time to keep Arjuna away, the Trigarta brothers challenged Arjuna. Drupada's son Satyajit tried to save Yudhisthira but Drona killed Satyajit. At the end of that day, Duryodhana was unhappy and totally disappointed that Yudhisthira was not captured.
We spent some of the class time discussing the play, props and planning details of implementation.
Bhagavad Geeta: We learnt verses 17 and 18 of Chapter 4 today.
Regards
Abhirami Shrinivas
Keerthi Kobla
