Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part C


  • The Pandava princes wandered deep into the forest with Draupadi and lived there together for 12 years
  • Draupadi was extremely emotional, sad and felt betrayed because she felt the Pandavas did not protect her.
  • Krishna says he that he would have warned Yudhishthira
  • Draupadi gives out a long quote lamenting her future
  • Yudhishthira says for Draupadi to trust in the god's plans and that everything will be fine
  • Draupadi questions what kind of gods would allow this
  • A holy man comes to visit the Pandavas
  • Arjuna went to the mountains to fast and pray
  • Afteer 4 months Arjuna was able to survive off of air alone and no longer needed to eat or drink.
  • Arjuna kills a boar
  • Hunter was following the boar and was upset because he said the boar was his to kill
  • Arjuna says fine then lets fight then and ended up wrestling
  • The Great God gifted Arjuna a boon of great weapons
  • Indra, Yama, Varuna, Kubera gave Arjuna celestial weapons
  • Arjuna flew in a car towards a battle with the giants and demons
  • Indra praised Arjuna for overcoming and winning the battle
  • Bhima finds a monkey in his path when he was trying to gather flowers for Draupadi
  • the Vedas were divided into 4 parts
  • less about truth and more about passion
  • because of the change they became more likely to be impacted by disease
  • Karna tells someone to go out and watch the Pandavas in the misery living in the forest
  • All the sons of kunti had gods for their fathers
  • All building up for a Karna and Arjuna fight
  • Karna takes the blazing dart Karna cuts off his own natural armor and living earrings and hands them to a Brahama
  • Karna could now be killed, but had this incredible arrow that he could use once on a single foe


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