Reading Notes: Narayan's The Mahabharata, Part C

Notes:

• Dhritarashtra has spies following the Pandava brothers so he knows how well they are doing and about Arjuna's weapons.

           - as always he is torn between his nephews and sons

• Duryodhana wants to keep closer tabs on the Pandava's b/c he knows his father is iffy. 

            - Duryodhana sent a messenger to invite the Pandava brothers to the festivities he was having
                but the messenger was denied passage by a watchman (a gandhrava) sent by the gods

• Fight broke out and Duryodhana was taken prisoner

           - Bhima and Arjuna go and rescue him

• I can tell a story about Yaksha the god who killed Yudhistira's brothers

           - the dialogue between Yaksha and Yudhistira. All the questioning.
           - The Yaksha revived Yudhirstira's brothers after answering the questions
           -The Yaksha was actually Yama
           - He also gave them the power to remain incognito for their last year of exile

• They decide to live in Matsya

           - each of them are taking on an alias
          - but Draupadi was molested by the Queens brother, Kichaka <--The Maury show story
           - Bhima killed him

(The Pandava brothers)

• Duryodhana wants to find the Pandava brothers because he is afraid they will bake the thirteenth year.

         - he figures out the Pandava brothers are probably  in Virata
         - he wants to wage war on them

• Arjuna takes Uttara to the Kauravas but stops to get the Pandava's weapons
• I could write a story about the proud father of Uttara page 110
• Story about the wedding of Uttarai and Arjuna's son, Abhimanyu.

• The Pandava brothers and Duryodhana both prepared for war after the 13 year exile was over

            - I could write a story about how Duryodhana tricks all of Yudhistira's allies into becoming

               one of his pg119

• I could write a story like kids fighting on a playground with the two groups sending messengers back and forth. 

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