Monday, February 13, 2017

Reading Notes: Mahabharata Section A




Reading Notes: Section A


"Vyasa" Source: Wikipedia
  • Vyasa is who Mahabharata is attributed to
  • Brhama appears to Vyasa and tells him Ganesha will be his scribe
  • Ganesha is an elephant headed god
  • Devarata/Bhishma is the son of King Shantanu and the goddess Ganga
  • Bhishma has the powers of the 8 gods
  • Satyavati, mom of Vyasa, fishy smell
  • Devarata gives up his place as king and takes the name given to hi "Bhishma"
  • Bhishma takes King of Kashi's daughters by capturing them in battle
  • Bhishma brings back the daughters for Vichitravirya but Amba cannot be his wife
  • None of the other wives bear children
  • The war will be between Dhritarashtra and Pandu
  • King Pandu's wife Kunti has a son similar to Satyavati's situation named Karna
  • King Pandu kills a deer that's having sex, deer curses him to have grief when he is happy
  • Deer is actually a sage in deer form, wtf
  • Pandu has five sons coined "Pandava Brothers"
  • King Pandu dies int he forrest, after hugging his wife
  • King Dhritarashtra has sounds coined "Kauravas"
  • Panda's brother raises his five sons
  • Bhima tries to kill one of the five Pandava brothers, uses serpents
  • Guru Drona is the teacher of the Pandava brothers
  • The guru trains the sons which makes the Kauravas very jealous
  • The Pandava and Kauravas brothers engage in a contest
  • Drona wants revenge as his payment
  • The jealousy drives Duryodhana crazy and decides he needs to get rid of the Pandava brothers



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