Reading Diary A (Pandavas exile continued)

Narayan's Mahabharata
Pages: 85 - 131

• Dhritarashtra has people here and there watching the Pandavas to keep check on where they are and what they are doing. Meanwhile, Duryodhana is still plotting against the Pandavas. He really doesn't know how to let go...
• He comes up with a plan to humiliate the Pandavas though that completely backfires when he gets captures. 
• In the end, the Pandavas are the one freeing Duryodhana from captivity.
• *Storytelling* Pandavas vs Kauravas? 
•  The Pandavas are currently living in the forest.
• Nakula goes to a stream while in search of the deer the brahmin sent the princes out to capture. Being so thirsty, he drank the water and ignored the message of the voice saying not to because the water is poisonous. The rest of his brothers do the same except for Yudhishthira who answered the questions and the brothers were brought back to life.
• Thus began their thirteenth year of exile in disguise at the court of King Virata.
• **Possible Story**
• Yudhishthira is the King's companion.
• Sahadeva is a cow herder.
• Nakula is a stable boy.
• Arjuna lives as "Brihannala" and lives as a eunuch with the women.
• Draupadi is Sairandhri, the hairdresser of Virata's queen (Sudeshna).
• She is raped though by the general and the queen's brother Kichaka.
• Bhima avenges her by squeezing the man to death.
• Susharman proposes to steal Kichaka's cattle... along with Duryodhana. They go on a cattle raid and end up capturing the King Virata and stealing his cattle. Bhima rescues him though and captures Susharman. 
• Now Krishna proposes that half the kingdom be given to the Pandavas, though war is urged for amongst both sides. One side (Duryodhana) gets Krishna's million soldiers while the Pandavas get Krishna himself (since Anjuma chose him).

Draupadi and the Pandavas <3

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