Thursday, March 16, 2017

Week 9 Reading Notes: The Mahabhrata Part D


Draupadi has grown up to be very beautiful and many princes want to compete in a contest to win her.  The Pandavas are going to try to compete as well.  The quest was to string a bow and shoot a fish in a bowl filled with oil.  None could lift the bow except for Arjun who completed the challenge. All of the five brothers marry Draupadi. 

The Pandavas have to leave the kingdom so one of their brothers is not called to rule because it would cause war and chaos.  They move to a forest that doesn't have anything useful in it.  There is a big forest with bad creatures in it.  They clear it with forest fires and they build an amazing city in it and give their residents mansions. 

The Pandavas are warned of a story of two brothers who fight over the love of a woman.  They decide that to avoid conflict, they will each have a year of marriage with Draupadi that is uninterrupted by the others.  Arjun is exiled when he interrupts one of his brothers when it is not his year because he needs to get his weapon.  Arjun lives in the forest for 12 years and meets a woman whom he marries while he is in the forest.  He has a son with her and then leaves. 

I think I want to write my story this week over Arjun's feelings over his situations with his brothers and wives. 

Source:  Epified Reading Guide and Videos Part D 



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