Week 12, Reading Diary B: Buck's Mahabharata

• Arjuna is turned into a eunuch for a year because he wouldn't reciprocate Urvashi's affection.
• The story of Mankanaka illustrates the apparent dangers of eating grass.
• Manakanaka lived in the forest and only ate plants. He in turn bled plant juice and danced with joy.
• He danced so hard he started to get the whole world into which worried the gods that the world may fall apart.
• Manakanaka realized the gods were worried so he stopped.
• Rishyashringa was born after his father came in a river and a deer swallowed it.
• He had antlers and a pure heart which was needed to end a drought in Anga.
• He ended up marrying the princess from Anga and stopped the drought.
• Jayadratha kidnaps Draoupadi but is chased down by the Pandavas.
• His life is spared after Yudhishthira begs Draupadi to let him live.
• Vyasa tells Draupadi the story of Savitri and how she found the love of her life.