Reading Notes: Mahabharata, Part B

The following text is my notes from three of the stories out of the PDE version of Mahabharata, part B.

 PDE Mahabharata


  • Part B Notes:
    • Birth of Draupadi, by Donald A. Mackenzie found in Indian Myth and Legend
      • In this episode, Drupada made a sacrifice to get children.
      • A son and a daughter were both birthed from a sacrificial fire.
      • The action was pretty high and intense in my opinion.
      • This episode was written in third person and in paragraph formatting.
      • The photo below is of a rock engraving. There are five men, the Pandava brothers, and their wife Draupadi is on the far right end.
    • The Story of Nalayani, by V. Venkatachellam found it Notes of a Study of the Preliminary Chapter of the Mahabharata
      • This episode was about the karma Draupadi had put upon herself in a previous life. 
      • The action was mild.
      • It was written in the format of paragraphs and in third person.
      • Nalayani was Draupadi in her previous life. Her husband abandoned her then.
    • The Burning of the Forest, by John Mandeville Macfie found in The Mahabharata, A Summary
      • Agni, the god of fire, wanted to "eat" the forest, in other words he wanted to burn down the forest.
      • Krishna and Arjuna agreed to help Agni. In return, Agni would help them obtain weapons.
      • There was a decent amount of action in this episode.
      • This episode was written completely in third person and had the paragraph format.
Overall, I think I would rather use a story from part A to create my own version.

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