Reading Notes: PDE Mahabharata, Part C

In this blog post you will read my notes from part C of the public domain edition of Mahabharata. Below, you will find the links to my others notes:

Part A
Part B

Exile

The Pandavas brothers are in exile in the wilderness where they meet and learn from many sages
Krishna (avatar is Vishnu) visits the Pandavas
Arjuna goes on an adventure alone because he violated his brother, Draupadi's time with Yudhishthira
Arjuna meets Urvashi when he goes to see his father Indra in Swarga
The other brothers go on a journey to the Himalayas where they finally meet up with Arjuna again
Bhima meets Hanuman when gathering lotuses for Draupadi and the monkey Hanuman told Bhima about his adventures with Rama
Duryodhana is still jealous of the Pandavas and continues to say that he will kill Arjuna in battle, which will end their exile
Draupadi is in danger like Sita was in Ramayana

Final Year of Exile

The brothers enter their final year in exile where they must spend it hiding
The brothers enter in to the service if King Virata and Arjuna becomes eunuch Brihannala (dancing instructor)
Queen Sudeshna's brother tries to rape Draupadi and because the Pandavas are in hiding they cannot openly acknowledge her
Duryodhana attacks King Virata's kingdom and steals his cattle and the brothers go to aid the king

Exile is over

Krishna tries to make peace between the Kauravas and Pandavas to avoid war
Arjuna wants Krishna on his side
Krishna turns into his divine form as Vishnu to try to make peace again
Krishna tells Karna that he is a brother of the Pandavas
Arjuna is upset because on the opposing side of the battlefield he sees the people who raised him
Battle Begins

(Battle field of the Pandavas and Kauravas)

Bibliography:

Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie

Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita

The Mahabharata, A Summary by John Mandeville Macfie

The Indian Heroes by C. A. Kincaid

The Story of the Great War by Annie Besant

The Song Celestial; Or, Bhagavad-Gita rendered into English by Edwin Arnold

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