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Week 7 Story, Sudhama

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Sudhama and Krishna were best friends, Krishna; we met in another story. Sudhama was married to a girl from Bhrama and had many children together. Together they were both penniless and had little help. Sudhama could not work enough to provide for all five of his children. Sudhama's wife wanted him to ask Krishna for food to feed their children, and she said that it was cruel to bring a human into this world and have no food for them. Sudhama did not want to ask his best friend Krishna for a handout, but he knew it was necessary. Sudham reached Krishna's palace but was stopped by the date keeps in a stern voice and threatened to beat him if he did not leave. Krishna saw him from his high balcony and raced down to greet him with a big hug. They walked upstairs, where Sudhama was pampered and treated like a king. Krishna demanded Sudhama hand over what he had brought with him in the bag, which was his blessing of chipped rice. The goddess of Fortune, Rukmini, snatched his had aft...

Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part D

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- Arjuna refused to fight Bhishma because of their history - Bhishma is killed for his betrayal -Drona is now in charge of fo Duryodhana's army, and his first goal is to make Yudhishthira his capture. -Arjuna has sworn to protect his brother -Abhimanyu dies in the battlefield, and Arjuna gets his revenge - As the war went into the nightfall, all hell broke loose as men started killing their kin -Arjuna calls for a truce -Ghatotkacha and Karna fought, and Karna came out victorious - The Pandava general decapitated Drona -Bhima kept his word she cut off Duhsassana's head and drank his blood - Arjuna told Karna he could not attack a hurt man, but Karna did not listen - Then the tables turned, and Karna was asking for mercy while mocking Arjunas passed son -Arjuna struck the head off of Karna -Duryodhana intervenes from his place below the water -Ashwatthaman wanted revenge for the death of Drona and tried to kill the Pandavas in their sleep - Draupadi demanded that ...

Reading Notes: Mahabharata C

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- After the Pandava princes were banished they went into the forest with Draupadi -Surya gave Yudhishthira a copper pot filled with food -For 12 years they were send into the forest with their three wives -Krishna visited the princes in the forest -Arjuna gatheres weapons on his own to fight the Duryodhana when their exile is over -Arjuna is the son of Indra - Arjuna killed a boar during his morniing worshing with a bow - The Great God gave Arjuna the divine bow - Indra is the Father of Arjuna -Arjuna stayed wirh Indra for five years while becoming skilled in music and dancing -the Daityas and Danavas ( the demons and giants) are the enemies of Indra, they live b elow the floor of the coean callled Patala - Arjuna started  war with them but after a long battle came out victorious - He went to the city of demons and giants called Hiranyapura on his chariot  -Indra praised his son for his victory and gifted him a chain of gold, a diadem, and a war shell which has a ...