Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Week 11, Reading Diary B: Buck's Mahabharata


  • The fight with the Pandavas continues with Duryodhana building a fire pit under their house.
  • They are warned by Vidura and then fake their deaths and escape.
  • The Pandavas and Kunti end up staying in a village which is plagued by a demon. 
  • Bhima ends up fighting and killing the demon.
  • Drupada poors two cups of butter into a fire and a son Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi a daughter were born.
  • Arjuna wins Draupadi in an archery tournament.
  • She ends up marrying al five Pandava brothers.
  • The Pandavas rule the area of Khandava and build the city of Indraprastha.
  • Arjuna marries Subhadra, Krishna's sister.
  • The Khandava forest is burned down/eaten by the fire god Agni.
  • A war with the Pandavas is brewing again when a game of dice starts up.   

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