Epics of India

As the Pandavas narrowly escapes the torments of Duryodhana by means of escaping through a secret tunnel from under their homes, they would spend the next couple of years living isolated in a cabin high up the mountains. The five Pandavas lived closely alongside their mother, as their father had died of illness a long time ago. Day by day, the kids would help out around the house with the cooking and housework as their mother would trek down the mountain to the nearby village to buy the necessary food for the day. One day, as the usual housework was happening, Arjuna decided he would help his mother out by going down to the village below to collect the food as his mother was cooking. As he was getting older, he felt like it was his responsibility to help his mother out with the daily chores. "Make sure to be careful and be back before the sunset!"exclaimed Arjuna's mother, Kunti. "I will! I'll be back before you guys know it. Don't worry!" Arjuna r...

The Indian Story Book: The Five Tall Sons of Pandu by Richard Wilson The Young Princes On of the reasons why I chose this version of the Mahabharata to read was due to it having a more focused scope of the Pandavas, which played an important role in the arc of the Mahabharata itself Tells the tale of how the talents of Arjuna matches the talent of Karna, who was from more humble beginnings than that of Arjuna, who was royalty Fascinating in terms of the matter that lineage and royal blood doesn't have anything to do with power or talent. Multiple backgrounds. Draupadi's Swayamvara This is where there is a major change to the story, where in the original story, Yudhishthira became the wife of all the Pandavas. However, in this version, Kunti tells Arjuna that Yudhishthira was to become the wife of the eldest Pandavas even though Arjuna won the challenge. Ongoing battle of skill between Karna and Arjuna, involves the use of disguises for Arjuna who was of royal b...