Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Reading Notes: Epified Mahabharata Part B


  • Dhritrashtra marries Gandhari and blindfolds herself for life to share her husband's condition
  • Kunti was adopted by the king and he loved her as his own daughter 
  • Kunti was unafraid of the sage and spoke her mind around him, which delighted him because people were usually afraid of him 
  • He gave her a mantra that allowed her to summon a God, and she summoned the Sun god 
  • He embraced her and when he left, she found a child in her arms
  • The child, she knew, was destined for greatness
  • However, she had to abandon him because she was unmarried 

  • Pandu accidentally shot an arrow at a hermit couple 
  • the hermit died but before he died, he cursed Pandu 
  • He cursed him so that when Pandu becomes intimate with a woman, he would die 
  • Pandu decided to take up sannyas 
  • Kunti decided to tell Pandu about the fact that she can call a God and have his child 
  • Since Pandu would no longer be able to have children 

  • She calls on Yama, the god of truth and death 
    • he gave her a son that was the embodiment of virtue and patience 
    • named Yudhishthir 
  • she then called on Vayu, the wind God 
    • he gave her a son that was strong as fast as the wind 
    • named Bheem
  • she then called on Indra, the king of Devas
    • he gave her a son that was to be the greatest warrior in the world
    • named Arjun
  • Ghandari then gives birth to 100 sons (which would be interesting to write about)
  • Duryodhan became jealous of bheem and tried to kill him 

Screenshot of Ghandari and her children.


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