Reading Notes: Epified: Mahabharata Videos, Part A

Epified: Mahabharata Videos

I chose this "reading" because I am  visual learner and knew that this version would allow me to get a better understanding of The Mahabharata.

  • Part A
    • An overview of The Mahabharata
      • It is the story of the Spirit of India.
      • The whole thing is about how karma works. The idea everything happens because of previous events.
    • A Summary of the Stories
      • Bhishma is the long lost son of King Shantanu. King Shantanu goes back to the Ganga to find his son years later, therefore, Bhishma was grown.
      • King Shantanu fell in love with a fisherman's daughter, but the fisherman refused to allow King Shantanu to marry his daughter.
      • Bhishma vowed that he would never marry or sire any children, so his father could be happily married.
      • One of Bhishma's brothers passed away leaving only one of them left to sire an heir, so Bhishma kidnaps three princesses from a different kingdom to become the wives of his one remaining brother.
      • One of the princesses, Amba, wanted to marry Bhishma, but he refused, so Amba decided she would get revenge on Bhishma for his crime but to no avail.
      • There were still no heirs to the thrown, but Bhishma comes to find out he has a long lost brother.
      • Yyasa, the brother, sires three heirs. One is blind, another is pale with bad healths, and the last one is very wise.
      • That is pretty much where this part of the story left off. 

(A book with a drawing of Bhishma on the front of it. 

Bibliography: Epified: Mahabharata Videos. Web Source

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