Week 9 Reading Diary B:Narayan's Mahabharata

• War is in the air when the Pandavas are found to still be alive.
• The king makes peace and gives the Pandavas a portion of the city to do what they like.
• Arjuna is exiled for 12 year.
• He marries Ulupi, a naga prinses, and also Sabhadra.
• Yudhishthira becomes king of Indraprastha.
• A game of dice is challenged between the two waring factions. They play at the new crystal hall.
• Yudhishishtira, the Pandava, ends up loosing everything, including himself and his wife.
• His wife has her cloths ripped off but Krishna keeps replacing them.
• Everything is returned and peace ensues. 
• A second game is played and the Pandavas loose again. this time they are exiled to the Ganges.
• In exile, the Pandavas acquire weapons and mantras from the gods in preparation of defeating the king.

Week 9 Reading Diary A: Narayan's Mahabharata

• Shantanu goes  to the river and finds a girl that he falls in love with.
• She drowns 7 of her 8 babies.
• Shantau soon gets over the other chick and starts hitting on this fisherman's daughter.
• They get together and have two sons, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya.
• Bhishma becomes king and takes a neighboring kingdoms princesses.
• Two of the girls marry Vichitravirya.
• Dhritarashtra marries a blind guy but covers her eyes to be like him.
• Pandu can't have sex or he dies.