Reading Notes: Epified - Mahabharata Part B

 Reading Notes: Epified - Mahabharata Part B

Part B


Kunti's secret revealed... she was not afraid of the sage Durwasa. He was delighted with her. He gave her a mantra to summon any god. She summons a god and then they have a son. She placed her son in a basket and set him on the river. Hence the Son of the Sun. 


Pandu, Kunti, and Madri go out into the forest. Pandu hunts in the woods and accidentally shoots a hermit couple. The hermit curses Pandu and forbades him from becoming intimate. Kunti tells Pandu about her mantra. 


Yama gave Kunti a son, Yudhishthir. Vayu was next, and she bore Bheem (Bhima). Indra was next, and granted her a child, Arjun. Madri gives birth to another two, the twins. Thus, the Pandavas are born. 


Next, the Kuaravas, 100 sons are born, but they are evil. A blind father and sight-forsaken mother don't catch these problems though. 

Duryodhan detests Bheem, as Bheem draws the new attention and admirers. Duryodhana invited the Pandavas out to a dinner and attempts to drug them. He tries to shove a drugged Bheem into the lake. 


Bheem encounters poisonous snakes and fights them off (underwater). Bheem destroys these serpents and finds himself in Naag Lok. Vasuki, serpent king, gives Bheem the strength of a thousand elephants. Bheem also realizes that it's time to take action. 


Bheem returns and everyone is happy (except for Duryodhan). Bhishma wants to get them a teacher to teach the Pandavas with weapons. They find Drona, who has impeccable aim when shooting. 


Here, Drona trains the Pandavas. He recognized their individual talents. Yudhishthira becomes a good charioteer. The twins become swordsmen. Bheem is very adept with the mace. Arjun excelled at all combat but decided to specialize in archery. 

The brothers found a dog with arrows shoved in its mouth. They find Ekalavya, who is a master archer and basically self-taught. He practiced in front of a statue of Drona and practiced that way. Drona makes him cut off his finger in order to pay the price of studying with him 


(Hastinapur - image credit)


 

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