Reading Notes: Mahabharata Tiny Tales pt. iv

 - Bhima and Karna fought and Karna was winning but he promised Kunti that he would not kill anyone but Arjuna

- Karna used his one time spear on Ghatotkacha instead of Arjuna and he died crushing many of Karna's allies

- Draupadi washed her hair in Duahana's blood and Bhima drank it as he vowed he would earlier

- Karna forgot the mantra nd Arjuna killed him with an arrow

- Even while dying Karna was still a very generous man

- Duryodhana finally realizes that the war is lost after many people are found dead

- The head of Barbarika decides that Krishna is the biggest warrior

- The survivors of he opposing side snuck in at night and killed many

- Ashwatthama thought he killed the Pandavas but he accidentally killed Draupadi's sons instead

- only 7 people survived Ashwatthama's raid

- they finally learned Karna was their brother and then they held a hero's funeral for him

- it all begins to wrap up as many of the characters begin dying or departing on their own terms

- the Pandavas climbed Mount Meru and then one by one they fell because of their flaws

- Yudhishthira however did not fall and enters  Amravati (heaven) after being tested to see if he will leave the dog that devoted itself so perfectly to him

- he refused to leave the dog and was then let into Amaravati 

- in heaven he was met with the Kauravas and they told him that his family was in Naraka (hell) so he descended

- he sees his family and claims that he will stay there but gets a vision of god and moves himself all the way up to the highest tier of haven

Yudhishthira refusing to leave his dog behind (Wiki)

Sources used: Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.