Week 12, Reading Diary A: Buck's Mahabharata

• Once again there is a dice game.
• Draupadi is lost to Duhshasana who keeps trying to rip off her clothes but Krishna keeps her covered.
• One more throw of the dice is made to see who will go into exile.
• Yudhishthira loses and the Pandavas, along with Draupadi have to go into exile in the forest.
• Arjuna meets his dad in the forest on a mountain. He then goes hunting and runs into Shiva. 
• Arjuna then travels to the pleasure forest with Shiva who introduces him to Urvashi.
• Urvashi falls in love with Arjuna.
• The love story of Nala and Damayanti commences.
• Nala and Damayanti were in love but the gods Indra, Agni, Varuna, Yama and Kali all wanted to marry her. 
• Nala ended up losing everything in a dice game with Pushkara his brother who was possessed by Kali.
• Resulting in Nala and Damayanti having to live in the forest.
• The two end up getting separated.
• Nala gets poisoned and works for a king.
• Nala is later recognized and gets word sent to Damayanti that he is at the palace.
• They end up reuniting and living happily ever after.