Mahabharata: PDE Reading Notes B

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For my Reading B notes of the Mahabharata, I took my notes in list format. I noted important names (trying to keep people and relationships straight!) and events. Also, I occasionally quoted directly from the reading notes provided with the PDE version to help. When I do this, I always use quotation marks so that I do not accidentally plagiarize when it comes to summarizing the work or writing my stories.
I also watched the YouTube video explaining some of the key differences between the Mahabharata and Game of Thrones, one of my favorite shows. Some of the character comparisons did not seem as important to me. One of those was Littlefinger and Shakuni, and I had to look up Shakuni to remember who he was. Shakuni was Duryodhana’s uncle who was said to have started the Kurukshetra war. This relates to Littlefinger in that both men are highly intelligent, but they often cause others harm. In Game of Thrones, Littlefinger ends up being executed for being unfaithful and devious. Another character comparison that I agreed with was Jon Snow and Karna. Karna’s mother sent him off as a baby so that he was found by loving, but poor, parents. Jon Snow believed that he was the child of an affair when he was actually born to royal parents. Both of these characters play central roles in their respective stories.
Below, I have provided a section of my notes as I did in my last post. I have not included all of my notes as there are too many to read through. Also, I found that it was extremely helpful to look up some of the key characters of the Mahabharata on Wikipedia to keep their stories straight in my mind. The reading notes provided in the PDE are also essential.
For my future storytelling, I think that I might like to use the story of Draupadi. I thought that a woman having more than one spouse was a nice change from reading about all the men and their multiple wives. Also, I thought that it was interesting how she came to acquire five husbands. In her past life, she had asked for a husband five times and was told that in her next life, as Draupadi, she would get five famous ones.
  • Bhishma carries them all through forest and they run into Hidimba
  • Hidimba = rakshasa who tries to get his sister Hidimbi to kill them
  • Hidimbi falls in love with Bhima, they marry, have a son Ghatotkacha
  • Bhima then fights an asura, Bakasura
  • Pandavas disguised as brahmins come out of hiding for Draupadi’s swayamwara
  • Birth story of Draupadi and her brother
  • Draupadi Nalayini in past life
  • Draupadi destined to have five famous husbands
  • Arjuna won at swayamwara, still gets all five husbands
  • “Finally, Yudhisthira becomes a king in his own right, building a great royal stronghold at Indraprastha on the river Yamuna”

Watch the YouTube video here: Mahabharata meets Game of Thrones.
Read the PDE here: link.
Mahabharata. Public Domain Edition.

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