For another free week of reading notes, I chose to continue on with the Epified Mahabharata videos.
Part C starts out by introducing Karna. Karna was found floating in the river in a basket. Karna wanted to be a great man of war so he sought out to learn from Drona. Drona rejected him as he did with Ekalavya because Drona judged him by his appearance and father rather than getting to know the real him. Karna returned home where he silently bore his pain. One day, Karna found a teacher and guru that was the greatest there was. This teacher would only take Karna on if he was not a Kshatriya, which is the opposite reason why the other gurus rejected Karna. Karna told Parshuram that he was a brahmin and Parshuram accepted him. Karna learned the highest secrets and most dangerous ways of fighting. Karna was stung by a scorpion, but he suffered in silence as to not disturb his guru. Parshuram woke to Karna bleeding and concluded that he was indeed a Kshatriya for he was able to withstand the pain. Parshuram felt betrayed and cursed Karna.
The Pandavas wanted to battle the best, which was Karna. To fight the Pandavas, you had to be of royal blood. Karna was declared the King of Anga.
Drona trained many men for his own interest as he wanted them to fight his brother.
An interesting storyline that could be useful in the karma theme is the Pandavas escape from the fire Duryodhana had set to the wooden palace. The pandavas realized quickly that the wooden palace was combustible and not safe so they quickly left. They had a miner dig a tunnel under the palace so they could escape. Everyone mourned the loss of the pandavas as they appeared to be gone. The pandavas took refuge in the forest. They were very aware of their surroundings as danger could be anywhere. Bhima saw them exhausted and carried them all that night. They crossed the river and stayed there for the night. Bhima went to find water for his mother and brothers. Bhima stayed awake all night to guard his family. The next day, they continued on as they were fueled by the revenge they would have on Duryodhana. They settles in Ekachakra and disguised themselves as Brahmans. They lived with a scholar and begged for food. Bakaasur was a asura that caused terror in the city. To reach a compromise, each week, someone of the town would deliver a massive amount of food. Bakaasur would each the food and the person that delivered it. The scholar the pandavas lived with was in charge of delivering food that week. Kunti suggested the Bhima go with him to deliver the food. Bakaasur and Bhim began to fight and Bhima broke every single bone in Bakassur's body. The people of the city were grateful to Bhima.
Bibliography: Epified. "The Mahabharata." Youtube, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjimqAUU81WTU4ELGBjJS3y
Part C starts out by introducing Karna. Karna was found floating in the river in a basket. Karna wanted to be a great man of war so he sought out to learn from Drona. Drona rejected him as he did with Ekalavya because Drona judged him by his appearance and father rather than getting to know the real him. Karna returned home where he silently bore his pain. One day, Karna found a teacher and guru that was the greatest there was. This teacher would only take Karna on if he was not a Kshatriya, which is the opposite reason why the other gurus rejected Karna. Karna told Parshuram that he was a brahmin and Parshuram accepted him. Karna learned the highest secrets and most dangerous ways of fighting. Karna was stung by a scorpion, but he suffered in silence as to not disturb his guru. Parshuram woke to Karna bleeding and concluded that he was indeed a Kshatriya for he was able to withstand the pain. Parshuram felt betrayed and cursed Karna.
The Pandavas wanted to battle the best, which was Karna. To fight the Pandavas, you had to be of royal blood. Karna was declared the King of Anga.
Drona trained many men for his own interest as he wanted them to fight his brother.
An interesting storyline that could be useful in the karma theme is the Pandavas escape from the fire Duryodhana had set to the wooden palace. The pandavas realized quickly that the wooden palace was combustible and not safe so they quickly left. They had a miner dig a tunnel under the palace so they could escape. Everyone mourned the loss of the pandavas as they appeared to be gone. The pandavas took refuge in the forest. They were very aware of their surroundings as danger could be anywhere. Bhima saw them exhausted and carried them all that night. They crossed the river and stayed there for the night. Bhima went to find water for his mother and brothers. Bhima stayed awake all night to guard his family. The next day, they continued on as they were fueled by the revenge they would have on Duryodhana. They settles in Ekachakra and disguised themselves as Brahmans. They lived with a scholar and begged for food. Bakaasur was a asura that caused terror in the city. To reach a compromise, each week, someone of the town would deliver a massive amount of food. Bakaasur would each the food and the person that delivered it. The scholar the pandavas lived with was in charge of delivering food that week. Kunti suggested the Bhima go with him to deliver the food. Bakaasur and Bhim began to fight and Bhima broke every single bone in Bakassur's body. The people of the city were grateful to Bhima.
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| (One of the Pandava brothers, Bhima; Source: Wikimedia) |
Bibliography: Epified. "The Mahabharata." Youtube, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrWYQjLLbXcjimqAUU81WTU4ELGBjJS3y
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