Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part E
Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part E
Dice Game between Shakuni and Yudhishthira from Wikipedia
- 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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