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I've decided to finish Part A and B today of the reading because I have a test soon approaching this week. I am more interested in this section over part A. Mainly because the plot seems to develop more clearly and the focus becomes onto a more manageable amount of characters.
-The jealous Prince Duryodhana fails in his attempt to kill the Pandava Brothers through setting the house on fire. Instead the captain to which he summoned the deed is killed by Prince Bhima and another family of five brothers and a mother perishes in the fire. There seems to be a theme of collateral damage throughout the Mahabharata thus far. I would like to possibly incorporate this idea of how karma later affects the lives of those people in my storytelling.
-Prince Bhima is approached by a rakshasa who wants his love. He refuses and in turn kills the brother of the demon and then decided to marrry the demon. He also defeats Baka who is an Asura. Another reoccurrence of asuras/rakshasa shows up, and I find it interesting that the warriors seem to always prevail.
-Arjuna steals the show at the Swayamwara with his impressive bow skills. Therefore stealing Draupadis heart and getting to marry her. This is similar to Rama's great skills with a bow in the Ramayana.
-Arjuna takes many journeys during his exile after breaking the rules of the marriage that includes his brothers and Draupadi. He meets these alligators that are also women. In addition, he has a son with Chitrangada who will become the new king of Manipur. This foreshadows to a bigger conflict. Another women he marries is Subdhara who is the sister of Krisna. Upon arrival back to Draupadi, the two women oddly come to peace with each other.
-Througought Part B, the jealousy of Duryodhana only continues to grow with the good fortunes of the Pandavas. This strikes the main climax of part B where he takes everything from Yudhishthira. He also make Draupadi a slave. Anger of the Pandavas only bring them worse luck and all end up getting exiled.
-Prince Bhima is approached by a rakshasa who wants his love. He refuses and in turn kills the brother of the demon and then decided to marrry the demon. He also defeats Baka who is an Asura. Another reoccurrence of asuras/rakshasa shows up, and I find it interesting that the warriors seem to always prevail.
-Arjuna steals the show at the Swayamwara with his impressive bow skills. Therefore stealing Draupadis heart and getting to marry her. This is similar to Rama's great skills with a bow in the Ramayana.
-Arjuna takes many journeys during his exile after breaking the rules of the marriage that includes his brothers and Draupadi. He meets these alligators that are also women. In addition, he has a son with Chitrangada who will become the new king of Manipur. This foreshadows to a bigger conflict. Another women he marries is Subdhara who is the sister of Krisna. Upon arrival back to Draupadi, the two women oddly come to peace with each other.
-Througought Part B, the jealousy of Duryodhana only continues to grow with the good fortunes of the Pandavas. This strikes the main climax of part B where he takes everything from Yudhishthira. He also make Draupadi a slave. Anger of the Pandavas only bring them worse luck and all end up getting exiled.
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