Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part A
- King named Uparichara, king of Chedi
- Gods thought he wanted their power so they sent Indra to bribe him with a crystal car.
- He was flying through the sky and his semen fell into the river and was swallowed by a fish
- The fish had two children when caught by a fisherman. A boy and a girl
- The king took the boy, but the girl was reared by the fisherman's wife.
- Girl was pretty, but smelled fishy
- Her name was Satyavati
- Rishi persuaded the girl to yield to him and promised she would remain a virgin and lose her smell
- She smelt so good you could smell her seven miles away
- A child was born on an island, Vyasa.
- Devavrata, or Bhishma, son of King Shantanu and goddess Ganga.
- The son had the power of the eight gods known as Vasus
- King Shantanu falls in love with Satyavati after being deserted by the goddess Ganga.
- Devavrata vowed to never become king if Satyavati would go be his fathers queen
- The gods gave him the name Bhishma, which means terrible, since the vow he made was indeed bad.
- Satyavati gave the king two sons: Chitrangada and Vichitravirya.
- Chitrangada was king for a brief time, but was a bad ruler, so Vichitravirya was given the throne, but since he was just a boy, Bhishma acted as a regent for some years.
- Bhishma seized three wives for his brother
- Amba, the eldest of the three princesses, longed for another man, so they let her go to him, and the other two become wives of Bhishma
- Amba made a great funeral pyre. She enters it while saying that she is doing this for the destruction of Bhishma.
- Vyasa became king, but could not have a son without defects.
- Dharma, god of Justice, reincarnated as Vidura, one of the sons.
- Bhishma reared the sons and taught them.
- Pandu became king.
- Married two wives, Kunti and Madri
- Kunti was mother of a son Karna
- Kunti put her son in a basket and sent him down the river
- Was picked up by Radha, who could not have kids and her prayers were answered.
- Karna grew up to become powerful
- A sage was in the form of a deer and was killed by Pandu.
- He cursed him to never have sons
- Kunti gave Madri a charm that gave her sons. They became known as the Pandava brothers.
- Pandu dies in Madri's arms
- The blind brother took over the throne and had 100 sons that became known as the Kauravas.
- When the eldest son Duryodhana was born, violent fires broke out and animals cried to the sound of his crying.
- The counselors told him to abandon his eldest son for this was a sign that he would be evil.
- He couldn't abandon him
- Kunti raises the Pandavas alone for awhile, then brings them the Pandu's royal city where Dhritarashtra raises them with his own sons
- Duryodhana poisoned Bhima and bond him and sent him down the river.
- He ends up in the underworld where the nagas grant him the power of 1000 of them
- Bhishma wanted a teacher for the boys, he chooses Drona
- Drona's childhood friend Drupada, rejected his offering to share his heavenly weapons
- No longer friends
- Pandavas excel as Drona's students, and Duryodhana becomes more jealous
- The three eldest are Yudhishthria, Bhima, and Arjuna.
- Pandavas and Kauravas display their skills in tournament
- A mock fight between Bhima and Duryodhana grows serious
- Arjuna comes in a displays the greatest skills among all of the princes.
- Karna shows up to the tournament and displays great skills
- Arjuna and Karna do not realize that they are brothers
- Karna fears Arjuna's powers and becomes angry. Duryodhana takes Karna to his own palace.
- Now that the boys are trained, Drona wants them to pay the price. His price is to help him get revenge on his childhood friend Drupada who ended their friendship
- Seeing all the success of the Pandavas, Duryodhana gets even more jealous and decides to get rid of the Pandavas and their mother, Kunti by setting the palace on fire.
Bibliography: Mahabharata: Public Domain Edition. Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.
- Gods thought he wanted their power so they sent Indra to bribe him with a crystal car.
- He was flying through the sky and his semen fell into the river and was swallowed by a fish
- The fish had two children when caught by a fisherman. A boy and a girl
- The king took the boy, but the girl was reared by the fisherman's wife.
- Girl was pretty, but smelled fishy
- Her name was Satyavati
- Rishi persuaded the girl to yield to him and promised she would remain a virgin and lose her smell
- She smelt so good you could smell her seven miles away
- A child was born on an island, Vyasa.
- Devavrata, or Bhishma, son of King Shantanu and goddess Ganga.
- The son had the power of the eight gods known as Vasus
- King Shantanu falls in love with Satyavati after being deserted by the goddess Ganga.
- Devavrata vowed to never become king if Satyavati would go be his fathers queen
- The gods gave him the name Bhishma, which means terrible, since the vow he made was indeed bad.
- Satyavati gave the king two sons: Chitrangada and Vichitravirya.
- Chitrangada was king for a brief time, but was a bad ruler, so Vichitravirya was given the throne, but since he was just a boy, Bhishma acted as a regent for some years.
- Bhishma seized three wives for his brother
- Amba, the eldest of the three princesses, longed for another man, so they let her go to him, and the other two become wives of Bhishma
- Amba made a great funeral pyre. She enters it while saying that she is doing this for the destruction of Bhishma.
- Vyasa became king, but could not have a son without defects.
- Dharma, god of Justice, reincarnated as Vidura, one of the sons.
- Bhishma reared the sons and taught them.
- Pandu became king.
- Married two wives, Kunti and Madri
- Kunti was mother of a son Karna
- Kunti put her son in a basket and sent him down the river
- Was picked up by Radha, who could not have kids and her prayers were answered.
- Karna grew up to become powerful
- A sage was in the form of a deer and was killed by Pandu.
- He cursed him to never have sons
- Kunti gave Madri a charm that gave her sons. They became known as the Pandava brothers.
- Pandu dies in Madri's arms
- The blind brother took over the throne and had 100 sons that became known as the Kauravas.
- When the eldest son Duryodhana was born, violent fires broke out and animals cried to the sound of his crying.
- The counselors told him to abandon his eldest son for this was a sign that he would be evil.
- He couldn't abandon him
- Kunti raises the Pandavas alone for awhile, then brings them the Pandu's royal city where Dhritarashtra raises them with his own sons
- Duryodhana poisoned Bhima and bond him and sent him down the river.
- He ends up in the underworld where the nagas grant him the power of 1000 of them
- Bhishma wanted a teacher for the boys, he chooses Drona
- Drona's childhood friend Drupada, rejected his offering to share his heavenly weapons
- No longer friends
- Pandavas excel as Drona's students, and Duryodhana becomes more jealous
- The three eldest are Yudhishthria, Bhima, and Arjuna.
- Pandavas and Kauravas display their skills in tournament
- A mock fight between Bhima and Duryodhana grows serious
- Arjuna comes in a displays the greatest skills among all of the princes.
- Karna shows up to the tournament and displays great skills
- Arjuna and Karna do not realize that they are brothers
- Karna fears Arjuna's powers and becomes angry. Duryodhana takes Karna to his own palace.
- Now that the boys are trained, Drona wants them to pay the price. His price is to help him get revenge on his childhood friend Drupada who ended their friendship
- Seeing all the success of the Pandavas, Duryodhana gets even more jealous and decides to get rid of the Pandavas and their mother, Kunti by setting the palace on fire.
Bibliography: Mahabharata: Public Domain Edition. Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.
Satyavati and the Sage that promised her virginity and the sweetest smell over her fishy one
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