For today's free reading notes, I am continuing with the epified Mahabharata videos. Since I am already familiar with the story and have taken notes from the first time I read it, I wanted to hone in my focus on a more specific part of the story. In most of my notes and blogs, I wanted to focus on parts of the stories that could inspire a karmic action that could be useful in my college and karma portfolio project. So far with my work, I have focused on stories that revolve around relationships between a man and woman, like the relationship between Sita and Rama, or the rejection and hard work overcome to get what is desired eventually, like Ekalavya's story of becoming the most skilled archer which he eventually gave up. In both of the above stories, I was inspired by the positive outcome that I could conjure up to make the characters inviting and inspiring. With this next part of the Mahabharata, I want to focus on Arjuna's journey during his exile. As I read through the Mahabharata, I always thought Arjuna was a respectable character and wanted to research some more on his time in exile.
Arjuna was one of the pandava brothers. Draupadi was to marry each brother one at a time and the one who failed to abide would be sent to exile for 12 years. Arjuna heard the cries of a Brahmin and promised to help. Arjuna then realized that his weapons were in Yudhishthira's chamber. It was Yudhishthira's turn with Draupadi so stepping into his chamber would send Arjuna into exile. Arjuna knew this, but still went to get his weapons as he promised the Brahmin his help. Arjuna resolved the problem with the Brahmin, and knew he had to leave. Yudhishthira begged him to stay, but Arjuna knew the right thing to do was to leave. Arjuna found shelter by a lake. One day in the lake, Arjuna was dragged down and fell unconscious. When he woke, he was met by a woman, Ulupi. Ulupi wanted to marry Arjuna, but Arjuna told her about Draupadi. His temptation grew to strong and he lived with Ulupi for months. He then knew he must leave to the next destination, leaving Ulupi behind. Arjuna reach the kingdom of Manalur, where he stayed there disguised as a Brahmin. Arjuna then fell in love with Chitragandha, the king's daughter, and married her. He spent 3 years and had a child in Manalur. Arjuna had the need to go back to his brothers, so one night he left to go home to Indraprasha.
Bibliography: Epified. "The Mahabharata." Youtube, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrWYQjLLbXci-1WM_EmuEgTC3kHB7Ip9G
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| (Arjuna statue; Source: Wikimedia) |
Arjuna was one of the pandava brothers. Draupadi was to marry each brother one at a time and the one who failed to abide would be sent to exile for 12 years. Arjuna heard the cries of a Brahmin and promised to help. Arjuna then realized that his weapons were in Yudhishthira's chamber. It was Yudhishthira's turn with Draupadi so stepping into his chamber would send Arjuna into exile. Arjuna knew this, but still went to get his weapons as he promised the Brahmin his help. Arjuna resolved the problem with the Brahmin, and knew he had to leave. Yudhishthira begged him to stay, but Arjuna knew the right thing to do was to leave. Arjuna found shelter by a lake. One day in the lake, Arjuna was dragged down and fell unconscious. When he woke, he was met by a woman, Ulupi. Ulupi wanted to marry Arjuna, but Arjuna told her about Draupadi. His temptation grew to strong and he lived with Ulupi for months. He then knew he must leave to the next destination, leaving Ulupi behind. Arjuna reach the kingdom of Manalur, where he stayed there disguised as a Brahmin. Arjuna then fell in love with Chitragandha, the king's daughter, and married her. He spent 3 years and had a child in Manalur. Arjuna had the need to go back to his brothers, so one night he left to go home to Indraprasha.
Bibliography: Epified. "The Mahabharata." Youtube, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrWYQjLLbXci-1WM_EmuEgTC3kHB7Ip9G
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