Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part A
- Uparichara is the king of Chedi
- Uparichara's semen fell from the sky into water and it impregnated a fish
- Fisherman caught the fish and two children came forth
- The king took the son, but left the daughter
- Daughter's name: Satyavati
- Ganesha would be Rama's scribe and could not stop his pen\
- Daughter helped out her foster father
- she became so sweet smelling that she could be smelled from 7 miles away
- Ganges agrees to be the human mother of the Vasus so they could return quickly to their celestial forms.
- Ganges marries the king
- Said she would part with him if he spoke harshly towards her
- In time Ganges had a son and she cast her son out
- King was mad, but didn't want to say anything to lose her
- She killed 7 more kids and was trying to kill the 8th before the king intervened
- The king had broken his promise and Ganges died with the 8th kid taking the child's life also.
- Old Shantu wanted to marry a young bride
- The girl he had interest was Satyavati
- King Shantanu sought to marry Satyavti, but her father refused to give her to the king until he promised that her son would be the king
- Shantanu said he couldn't do that and left heartbroken
- Ganga was called Bhisma which means terrible
- Devaratra renoucnes his claim to the throne
- Satyavti marries Shantanu and bares two sons
- One of the sons becomes king as Devatara stepped down after keeping his promise.
- Bhishma and Vichitravirya were the two sons
- Bhishma wants to look for a wife for Vichitravirya so they can keep the throne under control
- Bridal tournament opened opportunity for Bhishma to fight in a battle to find a wife for his brother
- Bhishma fends off all the fighters in the bridal tournament
- Bhishma retains the 3 brides as his prize
- Bhishma takes the 3 brides back with him
- Oldest bride was aloud to leave because she wanted to stay faithful to a previous king
- King that the bride went back denied her and didn't deserve her
- She fasted for days and weeks until she became frail and the god Shiva appeared in front of her after hearing her prayers
- She asked the god to kill Bhishma, the god says you have my permission
- She says she can't do it as a woman and Shiva says she can and is strong enough
- Oldest bride blames what happened to her former love/king on Bhishma
- The three kids that were born were reared by Bhishma and trained as warriors
- Pandu was made king later
- Pandu married two wives
- Kunti came from celestial origin
- Pandu loved Madri the most of the two
- Kunti has a child and sends him down a river to be adopted (Like moses' mom did in the bible)
- Pandu loved to hunt
- Pandu has weird encounter with deer
- Pandu never had his own kids
- Pandu died while walking with his favorite wife Madri
- his sons the Pandava brothers buried him
- Madri volunteered to have her body burned with Pandu and be buried with him
- Pandu's blind brother had become king
- Gandhara become the mother to 100 sons
- Her oldest son Duryodhana was ill-omened
- He grew up to be proud, jealous and evil minded
- Widowed Kunti raises the 5 sons of Pandu
- She brings the sons to their uncles kingdom (blind king) and he raises them with his own sons
- Two families lived together peacefully without favortism being showed to either side
- Drona was chosen to train the children
- Drona and Drupada grew apart after similar origins
- Drupada acts like a complete stranger and even enemy to Drona when Drona approaches him as a friend, Drupada wants nothing to do with Drona
- Drona is heartbroken
- Drona wanted to train the princes to take Drupada down
- Bhisma said that was fine
- Drona not only became the instructor, but also the family priest
- Arjuna was the most skilled of the princes
- Drona liked Arjuna the most
- Drona with the sons to hunt down in the Bhil kingdom
- guy displayed skill by shooting 7 arrows into a dogs mouth
- guy cut off his thumb and gave it to drona as a reward for the students reward for his accomplishment
- Drona gives epic speech/poem after the battle/tournment concludes
- just when they thought it was over it wasn't
- Karna says he can top whatever Arjuna did if he has Drona's blessing to try
- Drona gives him permission
- Crowd was split with some cheering for Karna and some cheering for Arjuna
- Karna and his father have a nice moment
- Karna no longer feared Arjuna
- Yudhishthira feels that Karna is greatest hero in the world of men
- Pandavas and Kauravas had finally become accomplished warriors
- Drona said it was time for them to go kill Drupada and wanted them to bring Drupada's head back to him
- The cousins did not ride together because of jealousy
- The Kauravas went first to attack Drupada
- The Kauravas were defeated
- The Pandavas took their turn and fought Drupada and the Panchala
- Arjuna seizes Drupada
- Drupada begs for forgiveness and friendship from Drona
- Drona took possession over half of Drupada's kingdom
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