Reading Notes | Mahabharata: Princes of Elephant City Part A

6.

-New king in Hastinapura named Vichitraviyra.

-Had two sons: Dhritarashtra; blind, and Pandu; becomes king

-Pandu has 5 sons

-Pandu’s sons called Pandavas, sons of gods

-Dhritarashtra becomes king when Pandu dies and his 100 sons grow up with Pandavas

-Pandavas’ teacher favors them and Dhritarashtra’s son, Duryodhana, is jealous.

-Plans to kill Pandavas and their mother.

-Pandavas escape, Duryodhana thinks they died.

7.

-Pandavas flee into forest, monster Hidimba and his sister plan to eat them in their sleep

-Sister monster, Hidimbi, falls in love with Bhima and warns about brother

-Bhima kills brother and goes with Hidimbi but returns to family

-Pandavas in village attacked by Baka, a demon

-Bhima kills Baka and Pandavas go to the next town

8.

-Draupadi is a girl everyone wants and her father is giving her away in a contest

-Contest is archery and Karna is set to win. Draupadi doesn’t want him

-Arjuna, a Pandava, wins the contest and angers the suitors

-A fight breaks out but ends and Arjuna leads Draupadi away

-Kunti says to share whatever Arjuna has gotten and cannot take back words

-All 5 brothers marry Draupadi

9.

-Duryodhana finds out that Pandavas are still alive

-Bhishma urges them to make peace

- King Dhritarashtra gives Pandavas half his kingdom

-Arjuna goes into exile for entering Draupadi’s room with Yudhishthira in there

-Arjuna marries a water-nymph named Ulupi in the forest.

-Agni, the fire god, tells Arjuna to burn the forest down and he does. Indra arrives and pours rain down to save the nagas.

10.

-Arjuna slays all of the nagas except Maya

-He goes to Dwrka and marries Subhadra, the sister of Krishna

-They go back to Indraprastha and build a palace for the Pandavas

- Yudhishthira declares himself emperor but Krishna tells him that he has to kill King Jarasandha

-Bhima goes to kill King Jarasandha and frees the captive kings from him

11.

- Duryodhana is still jealous and his uncles tries to help him get revenge by exploiting Yudhishthira’s gambling.

- Yudhishthira loses everything, brothers, himself, and his wife

- Dhritarashtra grants Draupadi a boon and frees Yudhishthira and his brothers.

- Duryodhana arranges another gambling match and Yudhishthira loses and the Pandavas go into exile.

12.

-Crowds follow them into exile and the sun-god gives them a pot to supply endless food.

-Arjuna goes to find weapons and finds his father in disguise and Shiva in disguise as a hunter. Shiva gives him golden armor.

-Bhima is attacked in a cave by a snake. Yudhishthira answers the snake’s questions and the snake turns into a human, King Nahusha, who was cursed until someone answered his questions.

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The Indian Heroes: Mahabharata - The Princes of Elephant City by C.A. Kinkaid