Reading Notes, Mahabharata, Part C

Kichaka pursues Draupadi

  • Everything seems only distantly linked, very episodic
  • Intriguing, the idea of praying so hard you become a god yourself, but I suppose that' kind of like Christian sainthood
  • This is all happening post-Ramayana, because Hanuman recounts it
  • Different Yugas, less and less virtue
  • Duties of castes, different ways to achieve heaven
  • Interesting riddle pool. Kinda sphynx-esque
  • Poor Draupadi gets the short end of like every stick
Bibliography: The Mahabharata, By  Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.

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