Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Reading Diary B: The Pandavas are sent away from Hastinapura

Dhritarashtra sends the Pandavas and their mother Kunti away
  • Duryodhana, of course, makes a plan to build them a house that will be easy to burn down
  • Vidura warns the Pandavas of the plan
  • The Pandavas build a tunnel under the house to escape
  • They leave 6 corpse to burn in their place so that Duryodhana believes they are dead
  • The Pandavas flee to a village
  • The village has to send yearly sacrifices to the demon Vaka
  • Kunti sends Bhima to destroy him even though he is weak from hunger
  • Vyasa arrives and takes the Pandavas to win the daughter of Drupada 
  • Arjuna wins her by showing his strength with Shiva's bow 
  • Krishna is present and congratulates Arjuna
  • Krishna remembers Arjuna from another life
  • Dhrishtadyumna brings the Pandavas to marry his daughter, Draupadi
  • Dhritarashtra is glad to learn the Pandavas are still alive--> gives them Khandava to rule
  • Arjuna goes to visit Krishna and falls in love with his sister, Subhadra
  • The fire god, Agni, comes to Krishna and Arjuna and tells him he is hungry and he needs to burn the forest to regain strength
  • Agni needs Arjuna's and Krishna's help to defend Indra while he "eats"
  • Agni gives Arjuna the bowl Gandiva and Krishna his iron chakra (discus)
  • The gods watch Arjuna and Krishna take on Indra
  • Arjuna comes to the rescue of the asura, Maya, the heaven's architecture
  • Maya builds the Pandavas' an unbelievable palace as a thanks
  • Duryodhana visits the palace
  • He is fooled by one of the illusions and someone laughs and he thinks they are mocking him
  • Duryodhana goes to Yudhisthira and demands an apology but he denies this request
  • So Duryodhana challenges Yudhisthira to a game of dice
  • Vyasa goes to his mother and takes her, Ambika, Ambalika, and Vidura's mother to safety from the events that he forsees
 
(Image Source: Arjuna wins Draupadi by Ramanarayanadatta astri)

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