Reading Notes: Narayan's Mahabharata, Part B

Notes: 

• It is now known the Pandava brothers did not die in the house fire but it must have been another family with 5 sons. 

            - this news made Duryodhana very uneasy
            - Duryodhana fears now that the Pandava brother has married Drupada's daughter they will           find a common enemy in him.

• Drona, Vidura and Bhishma agree the Pandava's come out of exile.

• Dhritharashtra lives with his son Duryodhana in Hastinapura.

             - his cousins are the Pandava brothers who have married a single wife

             - he invites them back to Hastinapura

             - they are given land and they create a city with a palace to live in called Indraprastha

• I could write a story about Narada narrating the story of Sunda and Upasunda.

              - page 45

• Duryodhana envied the Pandava's brothers new city of Indraprastha

                - Duryodhana feared too many people liked the Pandava brothers

                    (Sakuni thinks Duryodhana should leave the Padavas alone because they have a lot of 

                      allies)

• I could write a story about how Arjuna (a pandava brother) was given with his great bow, Gandiva, and with the gift of an inexhaustible quiver.

                     - it was a gift of Agni 

                     - Arjuna is favored by the gods

                     - page 48

• Duryodhana says the servants made un of him while he was at Indraprastha.... but he is just making it up
• Sakuni suggests to Duryodhana that instead of challenging the Pandavas (Yudhistira) to war to challenge them to a dice game in order to humiliate them. 
• I could write a story kind of based on Varooka from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. 

              - Dhritarashtra would give anything to his son Duryodhana. 

              - page 51

• Sakuni (for Duryodhana) plays Yudhisira during the first dice game.

             - the stakes in the game keep getting higher and higher and Yudhisira keeps losing and losing 

             - I could write a story about a rigged dice game

• Voider suggests to Dhanajaya to to kill Duryodhana in order to keep peace.

                 - he refuses

• The wife of the Pandava's (Draupadi) refused to go to Hastnapura. She is forced

             - I could write a story about Draupadi 

              - page 61

Draupadi is presented in the dice game after Yudhisira has gambled her away from wikimedia

• Dhritarashtra feels bad for Draupadi and gives her wishes

1. Yudhistira is freed
2. his brothers are freed 
3. nothing 

          - he gives all their possessions back

          - instead of Dhirtarashra giving them wishes maybe it was a genie like in Aladdin (pg 66)

• The Pandava brothers are summoned again for a dice game and Yudhistira accepted... again!!!

              - he lost of course and they are all banished for 12 years

               - the Pandava brothers all promised revenge in their own way

• Sun god gave Yudhistira a copper bowl that gave him an inexhaustible supply of food

             - maybe write a story about the Sun god and the copper bowl!!! pg 72

• Vidura is banished as well 

             - could elaborate more on his banishment page 73

Bibliography: Narayan's The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic