Monday, October 13, 2014

Week 9: Reading Diary B

Duryhodhana finds out that Pandavas is still alive. Bhishma encourages Dhritarashtra to make peace, but Karna calls Bhishman and Vidura traitors to the state for their advice.

The Pandavas are the 5 sons of Pandu and his two wives Kunti and Madri. They were all married to the same woman, although they each had other wives also.

Dhritarashtra gives the Pandavas a part of his kingdom and the pandavas end up creating an incredible kingdom / city called Indraprastha (p. 41).

Yudhishthira = the son of Kunti and Yama. He becomes king of Indraprastha.

Shakuni urges Duryodhana to leave the Pandavas alone but he can’t.

Fast forward to page 55 – Shakuni goes to play dice in place of Duryodhana. Yudhishthira loses EVERYTHING. He lost his brothers and himself and Draupadi.

The stake on the second game of dice is thirteen years in exile. It is divided up into twelve years in poverty and one year in disguise. Yudhishthira loses, and the Pandavas enter into exile. 









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