Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Reading Week 7: Marhabharta Part C

Life in the Forest
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The princes and Draupadi wander towards the forest
- Yudhishthira is worried about his fate
- Surya gives Yudhishthira food

Krishna's Visit
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Krishna visits the Pandavas in the forest
- Draupadi complains about how her husbands did nothing
- Yudhishthira tells Draupadi to stop being angry and weeping

Arjuna and Shiva
Source: Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita

- A holy man tells the brothers that Arjuna won't be defeated if he goes to the mountains and obtains the vision of the great god
- He goes to the Himalayas
- Arjuna kills a boar in a strangely quiet forest
- He gets into a fight with a huntsmen, but his body absorbs all the arrows
- The huntsman is the great god and blesses Arjuna

Arjuna and Indra
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Arjuna also sees Indra, Varuna, Yama, and Kubera
- Arjuna sees a vision of the celestial Swarga and is trained
- he goes to the city of demons and giants (Huranyapura)  and wrecked the place
- Indra praises him and gives him gifts

The Himalayas
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Meanwhile the brothers are still in the forest
- Yudhishthira gets skilled in dice
- They go to Kubera and admire things
- Arjuna rejoins them

Bhima and Hanuman
Source: The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie

- Bhima finds a monkey
- He asks the monkey who he is and discovers it's Hanuman and hears about Rama
- He tells him tons of stories
- They embrace before leaving because they're half-brothers

Duryodhana and the Gandharvas
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Karna sends Duryodhana to spy on the brothers in their exile
- Some of Duryodhana's men fight the brothers and lose
- He's embarrassed by this and decides to end his life
- The gods and goddesses don't want him to die so they care him away
- Karna swears to never eat deer or wash his feet until Arjuna dies
- Spies tell the Pandavas of this

Karna and Indra
Source: Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita

- Indra becomes worried about Arjuna
- Indra asks Karna for his tokens of invincibility
- Karna agrees for the trade of one invincible dart called Vasava

Jayadratha and Draupadi
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Jayadratha takes Draupadi away in chariot
- Jayadratha is married to the sister of Duryodhana
- Bhima cutes off Jayadratha's hair except five locks and is declared a slave

Riddles at the Lake
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Nakula sent to find water and he does, drinking it without answering the riddle and dies
- Arjuna, Bhima, and Sahadeva also all die
- Yudhishthira answers the riddles
- The riddles were given by Dharma, Yudhishthira's father.
- Yudhishthira has two wishes and he brings his brothesr back and asks they get power to remain unrecognized for a year

The Court of King Virata
Source:  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The Pandavas go to Virata and find favor in the eyes of the rajah
- They bond with the royals
- Bhima becomes a great wrestler

Bhima and Kichaka
Source: The Indian Heroes by C. A. Kincaid

- Prine Kichaka falls in love with the serving maid Sairandhri
- He tries to love her but she escapes and ends up chasing her
- She goes straight to the King and complains, but the King ignores her pleas
- Bhima promises her he'll slay him
- He tells Draupadi to tell everyone Bhima caught them together and that's why he died

The Cattle Raid
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Rajah of Trigartis plots to take over the city of Virata
- Duryodhana agrees to help
- They stop Uttara and claim that Arjuna was seen before his banishment ended
- Arjuna blows the war shell he was given
- Arjuna given Uttara as a prize

Preparations for War
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Everyone is at a wedding
- Krishna praises Yudhishthira
- They all go around arguing about Yudhishthira and his banishment

Krishna and His Army
Source: The Story of the Great War by Annie Besant

- Duryodhana visits Arjuna.
- Arjuna asks for Krishna's army
- Shri Krishna says he won't engage in battle
- Krishna agrees to be his charioteer

Krishna's Mission to the Kauravas
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Sanjaya sent to the Pandavas and is impressed by their army
- Krishna goes to the Kauravas to try and make peace
- They, instead, want to harm him
- An earthquake shakes the palace

Krishna and Karna
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- Krishna meets with Karna
- Karna talks about how bad this war is going to be
- Vidura asks Kunti for peace
- Kunti refuses
- Kunti tells Karna she's his mother
- Karna agrees he will only attack Arjuna, but either way one will die

The Armies at Kurukshetra
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The battle begins
- Dhrishtadyumna leads the Pandavas army
- Duryodhana's army is larger
- Yuyutsu joins Yudhishthira

Bhagavad-Gita
Source: The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita by Edwin Arnold

- Arjuna and Krishna prepare for battle

The Battle Begins
Source: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

- The war shells and drums start the war
- Kauravas have the first advantage
- Fighting goes on for days
- By day five, the Pandavas are winning
- By day eight, the battle turns towards the Pandavas


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