The ending of this epic was very intense throughout. The battle much more intense than I expected. Often times in epics like this, in the war the good guys are fighting cleanly and the bad guys are being savage and playing tricks on their opponents. However, in this one the Pandavas were tricking people and being acting crazy, perhaps just in the haze of war.
For example, when Bhima killed Duhshasana then drank his blood. Also when Bhima killed the elephant Aswathama and Yudhistira tried to make the army think it was the man named Aswathama not an elephant. This definitely helped the Pandavas by disheartening their opponents, but it didn't seem like something epic heroes usually do.
After the battle, everyone not sided with the Pandavas, had their world world crumble around them. Dwaraka's civil war and then being swallowed by the sea suprised me. I figured the Pandavas would have taken over the cities and ruled, like how Ramayana ended with everyone just at peace and Rama becoming the king. The fates of Krishna, Dhritarashtra, Gandhari and Kunti were especially dark but that made sense based on the bad karma they had gathered throughout the story.
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