DIVINE INFORMATION 2-46
Continued from part 2-45 >From Chapter 13: Krishna sends Akrura to Kurus Vasudeva tells Krishna all about his sister Kunti andher sons and the rivalry between Kauravas and Pandavas. Hearing this, Krishnasends Akrura to Hastinapura asking him to inform Bhishma to stop all theatrocities by Kauravas. Ifnot,Krishna will feed all of them to his Chakra! When Akroora meets Kunti, shetells Akrura that Krishna who saved the elephant by killing the crocodile mayalso save her. Akrura requests Kunti to tell him the story. She recites thestory of Gajendramoksha to Akroora. Chapter 14 (The Weapon-Education of Kurus andPandavas) Yudhshtiraloses his ring in the well and, ordered by Drona, Aswathama retrieves it!Seeing this wonderful deed, the children informs Bhisma. When Dronawanted to go to Panchala Kingdom, there was a twelve year long famine. AKashmiri Brahmin who was an expert in Astrology was able to predict this. Hestored rice of Varaku in advance. The planets wanted to find out how he wasable to defeat them. They went to the Brahmins disguised (as Brahmins). After dinner, they slept in theBrahmin's house in a circular fashion. The Brahmin repositioned themand hence it rained. The earth became fertile again. The planets were enraged since the Brahminoutsmarted them. Planets put a curse that the astrologers, inspite of their great knowledge, will be penniless. From Chapter 15. The Revenge of Drona Birth ofDhristhadyumna and Draupadi described. From Chapter 16. Kuntala andDantavaktra waged war and Partha killed them. The Kauravas led by the son ofSuta (Karna) went over the earth and imprisoned brother(s) of Gandhari. The Kauravas gave only littlefood to the captives In order to get back the kingdom, the kingsthought hard and they gavetheir supply of food to the boy Sakuni. All other kings died ofstarvation. While dying, thekings asked Sakuni to take revenge. Sakuni wanted to exterminate the Kauravas.He made pieces of dice using the bones of the elder brother and kept them withhim. As instructed by his grieving mother, blind Duryodhana considered Saubala (Sakuni) as anadvisor like Kanika, the minister. To achievehis objectives, Sakuni remained with Suyodhana advising him what Suyodhanaliked. From Chapter 17. While,Pandavas were living in Varanavata, Vidura visits Dhritarashtra and warns him thatthe planets are against his sons. Even gods cannot overcome the designs of theplanets. Vidura describesthe begging carried out by Siva due to his beheading of Brahma. From Chapter 18. Burning ofLaksha house. Killing of Hidmba. Bhima marrying Hidimbi at the advise of Vyasa.Birth of Ghatotkaca. Killing of Baka. From Chapter 19. Pancali Swayamvara. There isfive page description of Pancali. Previous life of Draupadi: story of Mudgala andNalayani. For an instant, Draupadi looks at Karna with desire.Looking for Arjuna, She confuses Karna (Kunti's son is the word used here) forArjuna. Karna fails in his attempt because of Krishna's act (no elaboration of what this act is). Balarama tries to make an attempt so that he can giftDraupadi to Duryodhana. At this point Krishna intervenes,informs Balarama that Pandavas are alive and points them out to him. It is Arjuna who takes Draupadi home. I will continue in next posting Information stored in my computer. Posted to google groups on25-12-21 by R. Gopalakrishnan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to thatha_patty+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/129946941.1018999.1640405036757%40mail.yahoo.com.
