Reading Notes: PDE Mahabharatha, Part B


  • The Pandavas manage to escape the plot of Duryodhana thanks to Prince Vidura, who is the half-brother of Pandu and Dhritarashtra 
    • He tells it in "riddle" format to Yudhistira 
    • They dig a passage out into the forest and manage to escape the burning 
  • Pandavas living out in the wilderness with Kunti again 
    • Bhima defeats Hidimba, marries the rakshasa's sister
      • Had a son named Ghatotkacha
  • Pandavas live in disguise as a Brahmin family in village of Ekachakra
    • Bhima kills Bakasura 
    • The Pandavas and Kunti went to see the birth of Draupadi from a sacrificial fire; they all want to marry her 
      • She also has a brother who is supposed to destroy Drona's people
  • Arjuna wins Draupadi (who prevents Karna from marrying her by saying he was of lower origins) 
    • Because Kunti says everything should be shared among the brothers, she is married to all five brothers 
  • The Pandavas built Indraprastha 
  • Arjuna broke the contract between the five brothers and their wife, so he is exiled 
  • Arjuna meets Princess Chitra and has a son with her 
  • Finally, Arjuna ends up at Dwaraka, the capital of the Yadavas (whose king is Krishna) 
    • He marries Krishna's sister Subhadra there; they have a son named Abhimanyu
  • Krishna and Arjuna have a rendezvous with Mayasura, who ends up building the Pandavas a magnificent palace 
    • Duryodhana gets very jealous of the prosperity 
  • Krishna fights Sishupala and defeats him 
  • Yudhistira is challenged to a game of dice and gambles everything away to the Kauravas (including Draupadi....)
    • Duryodhana's brother Duhsahsana begins to disrobe Draupadi; the Pandavas are mad, but cannot do anything since Yudhistira gambled away everything 
  • The Pandavas have to go back into exile in the forest 
A picture depicting Draupadi with Duhsahsana (Duryodhana in some versions) pulling off her robes as Krishna bestows her with more robes to protect her dignity. 

Bibliography: PDE Mahabharatha, Public Domain, http://ouocblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/mahabharata-online-public-domain-edition.html

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