MahabharataShalya Parva: The book of Shalya
Shalya Parva of the Mahabharata (the book of shalya): a summary in plain words, book 9 of 18.
Shalya commands for one day and is killed by Yudhishthira. Duryodhana, alone, hides in a lake; he is challenged and fights Bhima with maces and falls when Bhima strikes below the waist, against the rules, at Krishna's reminder of Bhima's vow to break his thigh.
This is book 9 of the eighteen parvas of the Mahabharata. See all eighteen and the characters.
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A retelling in our own words of a story told in many ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes. It is not a scholarly translation.