Image of Krishna. Source. (beautiful art for Mahabharata scenes)
Public Domain Mahabharata, link to the reading online.
- Pandava brothers lived in the wilderness
- The Pandava brothers will face many dangers while they living in hiding
- Love affair between Bhima and rakshasi
- Bhima defeated the rakshasa Hidimba
- Bhima has to battle an asura known as Baka
- The Pandavas are disguised as brahmins
- It is not uncommon for kings to have many wives in the epics
- However, Draupadi has five husbands (the Pandavas) and that is something that no one would expect
- Yudhishthira becomes a king
- Arjuna breaks a rule and must leave for a period of exile
- Arjuna and Chitra marry and have a son
- Their son stays in Manipur and goes on to become king
- Arjuna and Krishna have a special connection
- Arjuna however marrys her sister, Subhadra
- Yudhishthira declares himself as a supreme monarch by performing a Rajasuya sacrifice
- Bhima swears terrible oaths during the gambling scene that will drive the rest
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