That night, when Purochana lit the corner of the palace, Bhima carried his mother and brothers on his shoulders and burst through the underground tunnel. The lac palace became a torch against the sky.
Duryodhana’s man, Purochana, had already set the lac palace ablaze from within. The trap was set for midnight.
But this is not a story of the great fire that was to come. It is a story of a single night before the flame.