Week 10 Reading Guide A:

This week while reading the Mahabharata we pick up after the fall out of the series of dice games between both sides. The Pandavas and Arjuna are still working with their newly acquired weapons. However, Dhritarashtra is aware of the moves they are making and the weapons because of the spies he has following them. Duryodhana then decides to humiliate the Pandavas until his plan backfires enormously. The gods draw them into a battle and the Pandavas end up having to free Duryodhana from captivity. The Pandavas then are drawn in by the deer who leads them astray and drives them to thirst. They then head to a lake to find water. Nacelle is the first to drink from the lake after ignoring the voice and dies. All of Yudhisthira's brothers follow in this trend until he discovers them all dead from the lake. Luckily, he recognizes the test and listens to the voice. After he is done at the lake all his brothers regain life. They were now in their thirteenth year of exile This thirteenth year would allow for them to live in disguise with the King Virata. They all live in disguise in various roles. Draupadi ends up being part of a big scandal and has to beg to avoid being sent away during their final days of exile. This leads to the cattle raid which resulted in Virata giving his daughter to Arjuna's son after he draws blood from Yudhisthira. Shortly after the wedding the preparations for the war begin. After appeals for peace both sides seem to realize that war ultimately looms.

Krishna and the Pandavas

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