Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part E

Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part E

  • Arjuna and Krishna plan to abduct Subhadra
  • Arjuna reaches Dwarka disguised
  • Arjuna went to Indraprastha
  • Balram wanted to destroy the Pandavas because he took away Subhadra
  • Krishna explained to Balram that they loved each other
  • He was worried about Draupadi’s expression
  • Draupadi gave him a cold shoulder, she was not happy
  • Arjuna sent Subhadra as a maid to Draupadi
  • Draupadi began liking her, and then she consented Arjuna and Subahdar’s married
  • Balram and Krishna arrived to see the marriage and attended by all the sages and townspeople of Indraprastha
  • They had a son named Abhimanyu
  • He often recited stories about his life and journeys, Abhimanyu heard these war stories
  • He narrated the strategies and procedures to enter and escape the Chakravyuah
  • Subhadra fell asleep when he was in the last step
  • The baby had preserved all the memory, and then unborn baby had no knowledge of the last step
  • Draupadi as the wife of one brother at a time, and to perform the Yagya
  • Jarasandha would not agree to the supremacy
  • All their combined powers could help slay Jarasandha
  • Krishna took a piece of grass and tore it and threw it on opposite sides  
  • Bhim threw the body parts in opposite direction
  • They freed all the captive rulers – Arjuna, Krishna, and Bhim
  • Krishna then took leave from the Pandavas
  • Yudhishthira becomes King
  • Krishna took away Shishupal’s obstructions by slaying him after Shishupal’s humiliated the Pandavas and gave 100 insults to Krishna
  • Duryodhana was very jealous
  • Draupadi watched Duryodhana fall in the pool, which he mistook for a crystal floor, and began laughing
  • Shakuni told Duryodhana that Yudhishthira was not good at dice
  • Shakuni would play for Duryodhana and take everything from the Pandavas
  • Vidhur told Yudhishthira the game of dice that they were invited to play
  • Yudhishthira agreed to play and deicide to head to Hastinapur
  • Shakuni won the first game
  • Yudhishthira kept losing to Shakuni and his wealth and possessions
  • All the Pandavas were lost to Shakuni in the game of dice
  • Draupadi should serve as the maid of the palace
  • Duryodhana called Draupadi
  • Grabbed by the hair, and her clothes torn sat helpless
  • She began praying to Krishna

























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