Reading Notes: Narayan's Mahabharata, Part B

Notes:

• Duryodhana was stressed when he found out that the Pandavas were still alive.
• Bhishma and Vidura encourages Dhritarashtra to make peace.
• Karna denounces both as traiters and urges for war.
• He invites the Pandavas back to Hastinapura and gave them parts of his kingdom.
• The Pandavas build a magnificent city called Indraprastha.
• Yudhishthira is crowned as king at Indraprastha.
• Maya was saved from the fire.
• The Pandavas laugh at Duryodhana when he was fulled with the illusions in the hall.
• Vyasa comes to visit the Pandavas & wants to warn them about the bad omens.
• Dhritarashtra agrees to build a great assembly hall, the Crystal Palace, to rival the hall of the Pandavas.
• Shakuni is going to play in the dice game in Duryodhana's place.
• Yudhishthira loses everything he owns.
• Vidura urges Dhritarashtra to put a stop to the dice game, but the game still continues.
• Yudhishthira then gambles away his brothers and then himself.
• Duhshasana drags Draupadi by the hair into the assembly hall and Draupadi protests loudly.
• She was then told to take off her clothes and she began to close her eyes and calla on Krishna for help.
• Bhima swears to get revenge on Duryodhana.
• Draupadi was granted for a wish and she asks that Yudhishthira to be set free.
• she was granted for another wish and she wished for all her four husbands to be set free.
• She declined for the third wish.
• Duryodhana was furious and urges his father to invite them back for a second match and his father sent the invitation and Yudhishthira accepts it.
• Yudhishthira looses and the Pandavas go into exile.
• The Pandavas went to the Ganga river.
• Yudhishthira prays to Surya, the Sun God who gave him a copper bowl and an endless supply of food.
• The Pandavas live with hermits in the wilderness. 
• Krishna promises them that Duryodhana and his allies will be punished.
• Arjuna went to the Vindhya mountains to meditate and gets the weapon Pashupata from the god Shiva. 
• Amaravati, the heavenly city of Indra.
• Urvashi fell in love with Arjuna, but rejects her.
• Urvashi curses Arjuna to live among women as a eunuch.
• The curse was a blessing for her later on.
• Arjuna rejoins the Pandavas after five years and were delighted to learn about the weapons that have been acquired.

Duryodhana in Mahabharata, Link Text.

Bibliography: Narayan's Mahabharata.