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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