Reading Notes: PDE Mahabharata Part C

                           Bibliography: Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)
  • While the Pandavas are in exile they meet many Bhramins and sages. 
    • Throughout this Draupadi rebukes Yudhishthira for not protecting her, but his wise words make them thing twice. 
  • One sage tells them to send Arjuna to the Himalayas so he can get the sacred weapons they need. 
  • Arjuna meets Shiva while praying and Shiva gives him divine weapons. 
  • Arjuna goes to Swarga with his father Indra and spends five years there learning how to wield celestial weapons and annihilates his father's enemies.
  • The Pandavas have many adventures during their exile and meet many gurus and sages.
  • At the end of their exile they fight against Duryodhana in a raid and beat him which makes him angrier. 
  • Soon the Pandavas and Kauravas start assembling their armies and Arjuna gets Krishna to help the Pandavas. 
  • The war starts and each day a different side is winning, but Bhisma tell Duryodhana that they will lose. 

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