Illustrated Mahabharata For Children

Drona commanded the army. Duryodhana knew that Drona too did not wish to harm the Pandavas. So, he devised a crafty scheme. On the eleventh day Duryodhana, Karna and Dushasana persuaded Drona to take Yudhishthira captive. They stated that they would not harm the other Pandavas. It made Drona very happy. The spy of the […]

On the ninth day, Bhishma caused serious harm to the Pandava army. The Pandavas knew that Bhishma had to be killed if they wanted to win the battle. So, keeping Shikhandi in front of him, Arjuna attacked Bhishma. Seeing Shikhandi Bhishma gave up his bow and arrows.As Bhishma fell, the arrows supported his body, preventing

Being blind Dhritrashtra could not witness the battle. So, sage Veda Vyasa had provided Sanjaya with divine vision so that Sanjaya might watch the proceedings taking place on the battlefield. Sanjaya daily narrated to the king the scene of the battlefield.One day, Dhritrashtra complained that Sanjaya gave him only bad news. There was nothing to

On the fourth day, both the sides came to battle. Duryodhana tried to surround Abhimanyu unethically but Dhrishtdyumna dashed his plan to the ground. Thereafter, Duryodhana let loose a herd of intoxicated elephants on the Pandava army. But Bhima drove them back to the Kauravas. The elephants crushed seven of Kaurava brothers and injured Duryodhana

Krishna’s sermon dispelled Arjuna’s sorrow and he got ready to fight. Dushasana was at the forefront of the Kaurava army whereas Bhima took the vanguard of the Pandava army. The two armies sounded victory bugles.On the first day, Bhishma caused a lot of death and destruction. Young Abhimanyu along with the other Pandavas attacked to

The armies drew up opposite each other at Kurukshetra. Arjuna was seated on his chariot and as per word Krishna was his charioteer. To everyone’s surprise, Yudhishthira took off his armour and walked to the enemy side. He went over to Bhishma, Drona, Kripacharya and his uncle Shalya, and sought their blessings before returning to

All discussions had failed. War was certain. The armies were getting ready with seven divisions of the Pandavas. The Pandavas had their divisions under Drupada, Virata, Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandi, Satyaki, Chekitana and Bhima. The Pandavas appointed Dhrishtadyumna their commander-in-chief. Similar preparations were going on among the Kauravas.The Kaurava army had eleven divisions. Command was given to

Kunti was very worried. How could her sons face the might of the Kaurava army that would be led by Bhishma, Drona and Karna? Even if Bhishma and Drona were gentle with her sons, Karna would attack them fiercely. So, she decided to appeal to Karna at the bank of river Ganga where he was

Yudhishthira with his brothers and King Drupad was busy making preparations for the war. But Arjuna was feeling bored in absence of Krishna. So, he reached Dwarika to seek help from Krishna.Duryodhana too on being advised by Shakuni reached there the same day. Krishna was sleeping when they arrived. Duryodhana sat on a chair at

Having received the message of Krishna, Yudhishthira felt worried. He sent the message to his friends and relatives and requested them for their help.King Shalya, the uncle of Nakula and Sahadeva, Madri’s brother, was on his way with his huge army to meet the Pandavas. Duryodhana heard of it and decided to take care of

The messenger of the Pandavas to Hastinapura did not succeed despite Bhishma asking Dhritrashtra for Indraprastha to be returned to the Pandavas. But Duryodhana was not ready at all for giving back the kingdom. So, the messenger returned. Dhritrashtra sent Sanjaya back to them. Sanjaya said that King Dhritrashtra wanted no war, but he wished

When King Virata returned after defeating Susharma, there was no sign of his son Prince Uttar. While searching for him, they got the news of the defeat of the Kaurava army by Prince Uttar. King Virata was extremely proud. But when Yudhishthira praised Brihannala, he hit him with the dice in anger. Meanwhile Prince Uttar

When Susharma attacked Matsya kingdom, Yudhishthira told the king that he himself, the cook, the horse-trainer (royal syce) and the cattle-keeper were great warriors. King Virata was very happy to take their help. Susharma attacked Matsya kingdom. All the Pandavas except Arjuna went with the army. During the battle Susharma captured Virata. But Bhima set

They went to Matsya kingdom and entered the king’s service as planned. Queen Sudeshna’s brother, Kichaka, was the Commander-in-Chief and had immense influence on one and all in the kingdom. He was arrogant, stubborn and vile. One day, Kichaka came to meet his sister Sudeshna. All of a sudden, he was attracted by the beautiful

The twelve-year exile was about to come to an end. The thirteenth year had to be spent in hiding. As per the rules the Pandavas had to remain untraced. If any of them had been recognised during their hiding period, they would again spend twelve years in exile and one year in hiding.The Pandavas decided