Epics of India MLLL 4993

Image on  Flickr Inez and her husband Victor did not make much money, but they were a happily married couple. The couple had two adopted children from Victor’s deceased sister who they loved as their own. They did not spend money on things that they knew they couldn’t afford, but they always had enough and lived a much more fruitful life than most people. The one thing that they thought would really make a difference to their happiness was their want for a biological child. After trying to conceive for five years, they were finally blessed with the news that Inez was pregnant. Not only that, but she was carrying triplets, two girls and one boy. The prospect of three children altogether was nice , but five was more of a financial burden than the couple expected. Still, Inez and Victor were looking forward to the additions to their family. Victor took up extra hours at work, and the couple prepared everything they needed for the delivery of the three infants. ...

Image of Kunti and Pandu on  Wikimedia This is a continuation of my week 9 Mahabharata notes. I chose to watch the Karmic Revolution videos on YouTube, as I watched a film version of the Ramayana for the second edition of that epic, too. These videos are a great way to quickly learn about the Mahabharata or to refresh one's memory after reading the full version. It might even be a good idea to watch these videos before reading a longer version of the epic in order to become acquainted with some of the characters and key aspects of the tale. This version greatly helped me in keeping characters’ relationships straight in my mind. Any questions that I had about the birth of the Pandavas was completely eradicated, and I now understand why Kunti is such an important character in the epic. Here are some of the notes that I took while watching Karmic Revolution: Kunti tells Pandu about mantra, but not about her first son. Pandu asks her to call upon gods to m...