Reading Notes: Narayan's Mahabharata, Part C

• Duryodhana sets up a camp near Kamyaka, but a full-on battle was started with some nearby gandharvas. This results in Duryodhana's capture and the Pandavas coming to rescue him.
• Expand upon the dialogue and whatever else that starts the scuffle.
• Add detail to the part where the Pandavas save Duryodhana (how, when, etc.).
• What happened to the deer? They went to hunt it down, got thirsty, and were distracted by the whole encounter with Yama, but is the rest of the hunt going to be glossed over?
• Add more detail to the hunt like another mishap.

• Poor Draupadi... The women in these epics tend to suffer such unfortunate fates. But when you consider the times, women were viewed as nothing.
• Write about Draupadi's and Bhima's plan and execution of Kichaka and his army.

•  To watch "lynx eyed": what an interesting metaphor. Lynxes have pretty eyes.
• Livestock are valuable, and cattle are highly revered. It is understandable why the Kauravas would try to steal the cattle.
• You could always try to go more into depth as to how they go about doing this.
• Prince Uttara is a pansy. Did he ever fight in any battles?
• Could write about his story where he lost his charioteer  (but he was totally incompetent in battle)
• Does Arjuna's reveal of himself to Uttara not go against the rules of their exile? Would they not have to repeat the thirteen years again?
• The same goes for the brothers revealing themselves to King Virata.
• One could go into more detail over the wedding of Abhimanyu and Uttarai
• Who was the conquerer who managed to gather a huge elephant army?
• What ancient tales does Vidura tell while advising King Dhritarashtra to give his kingdom to Yudhistira
• You could go into these stories, create your own. Maybe research and see what stories he gave and retell those.

Uttara and Arjuna discovering the arms

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Bibliography. Narayans's Mahabharata, link to Reading Guide C.