Mahabharata. Source.
Public Domain Mahabharata, link to the reading online.
- Devavrata is the son of King Shantanu and the goddess Ganga
- Davavrata is a human but has the powers of the eight gods, Vasus
- How can he have a human and divine identity?
- Satyavati is Vyasa's mother
- Bhishma seizes the three daughers of the king of Kashi to be brides for his sons Shantanu and Satyavati
- Only two of the women can be brides
- Amba has a story of her own
- Amba becomes a part of Bhishma's life
- Kunti will be King Pandu's wife
- This story parallels a lot of stuff from Ramayana
- Pandu gets cursed by a sage that he killed when he was shaped like a deer
- Kunti raises the five sons of Pandu by herself
- Kunti brings the 5 boys to Pandu's royal city
- The blind king, Dhritarashtra, gives the fives sons a home
- Duryodhana tries to kill Bhima
- Bhima goes down into the underworld king of the mighty serpents called nagas, which causes Bhima to become supernaturally strong
- Drona will be the guru to the Pandavas and the Kauravas
- When the Pandavas and Kauravas are trained as warriors, the will participate in a tournament
- Arjuna appears to be the winner of the contest but then Karna appears
- Karna is the son of Kunti and the sun god
- Arjuna and Karna do not realize that they are brothers
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