Reading Diary B: Pandavas Journey

Reading part B for week 11 picks up with the Pandavas and Kunti being sent away. When the Pandavas arrive at the house they are staying in there is a plan to kill all of the Pandavas. Fire will be set to the house and trap all of the Pandavas inside. However, the Pandavas are warned and escape through a tunnel leaving six decoy corpses behind. There is a boatman waiting for them as they flee disguised as Brahmins. They arrive in a other village and decide to live there with a family that offers to take them in. However, the family is charged with paying the yearly sacrifice to king Vaka. Instead, Kunti sends Bhima out to fight the king and he defeats him with no weapons. Visa then arrives and announces he will be taking the Pandavas to Draupadi. When they arrive there, Drupada has made an archery test that only Arjuna can pass. Therefore, Arjuna wins Draupadi. Draped then marries all five of the Pandava brothers. Arjuna next takes Subhadra as his wife, the sister of Krishna. Then Agni, the fire god,  comes to burn the forest of Khandava however, Indra, the storm god, continues to save the forest. Arjuna and Krishna help hold off the storm god as the forest burns. Maya, architect of the gods, was inside the forest though and needed protection from Agni. Therefore, Arjuna protects him. In return, Maya builds the Pandavas a great palace. The part B then ends with a game of dice being planned.

Arjuna and Subhadra

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