Casey's Blogs: Indian Epics 4993-995

The Indian Heroes: Mahabharata - The Princes of Elephant City C.A. Kincaid The Pandavas chose to spend a year in the court of King Virata while they are still disguised. Yudhishthira finally catches on how to gamble and disguises himself as well. All of the brothers and Draupadi leave their weapons in a Shami tree so that no one can find them. Kickaka tries to rape Draupadi, but Bhima avenges her. When the person comes to rape her, he realizes it isn't her. In fact, it is Bhima and he kills him. The Queen forgives her, but the people want to burn Draupadi. Bhima rescues her. The brothers get into a battle and are victorious. they reveal themselves to the King. The King then gets to decide how he handles the brother; whether or not they are to go into exile or not. Then there is a larger battle and Arjuna wounds Bhisma so that he lays there and dies. Ganga causes the battle to cease for a short period until the solstice. Bhima kills Duhshasana and drinks his blood. Duryodhan...

The Indian Heroes: Mahabharata - The Princes of Elephant City C.A. Kincaid This story occurs after the reign of King Bharata. Vichitravirya has died and left his two sons Dhritarashtra and Pandu. Dhritarashtra is blind and Pandu becomes king. Pandu has five sons; the Pandava brothers. Pandu dies and Dhritarashtra becomes king. He gives birth to one hundred sons. Together, they are the descendants of Bharata. The Pandavas are the best students and this makes Duryodhana mad. He is further infuriated when he is not named heir of the kingdom. He plots to kill the brothers, but they are warned and escape from him. They flee to the forest and disguise themselves. The demon Hidimbi sees Bhima and falls in love with him. The demon disguises herself as a beautiful woman and warns him of what her brother plans to do. They run off together, but Bhima returns eventually. Arjuna wins the archery contest but this angers the royal suitors. Draupadi becomes the bride of all five brothers. Duryo...