Packet 4: Tossup 13

This figure earns a name meaning “peeler of skin” after cutting himself to donate to a god disguised as a mendicant. One of this figure’s arrows turns into a snake and bites his opponent’s crown. (10[1])While training, this figure is bitten on the thigh by a blood-sucking insect but remains (10[1])silent (10[1]-5[1])to let (10[1])his master (10[1])sleep. This figure (-5[1])is born with (10[1])armor and earrings (10[1]-5[1])before (10[1])he is (10[1])sent downriver in a box. (10[1]-5[1])This figure (10[1])joins the side of adharma due to his grudge over being raised as a sūta (10[1])(“SOO-tuh”), or charioteer’s son, and being abandoned by his unmarried mother Kunti. (10[1]-5[1])A curse on this figure causes his chariot wheel to sink into the mud (-5[1])on the 17th day of a battle in which this figure fights on the side of his friend Duryodhana (“durr-YO-duh-nuh”) and the Kauravas. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this son of Surya who is killed by his half-brother Arjuna at the climax (10[1])of the Mahabharata. ■END■ (10[4]0[4])

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