Duryodhana decides to make a royal camp near the Pandavas in
order to embarrass them. Duryodhana battles the gandharvas: who takes him
captive. The Pandavas rescue Duryodhana which ruins his plan.
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| (Deer; Wiki) |
The Pandavas try to help a Brahmin catch the deer that stole
his staff. They are unsuccessful. They are thirsty and happen upon a lake.
Nakula hears a voice that says before drinking he must answer some questions.
He drinks the water anyways and dies. Sahadeva, Arjuna and Bhima do the same
thing. Yudhishthira finds his brothers dead. He hears the voice, and answers
the questions. This was a test by Yama, the god of death. The brothers come
back to life and receive the gift of unrecognizability for their 13 years of
exile. The boys spend the 13th year in disguise at the court of King
Virata.
The Pandavas make a bid for peace. Yudhishthira tells
Sanjaya to take this message back to Hastinapura: All he asks for is 5
villages, one for each brother and in that way the war can be avoided. Sanjaya
wants Dhritarashatra to stop supporting Duryodhana. Vidura pleads with
Dhritarashatra his heir and banish his own sons from Hastinapura. Vyasa tells Dhirtarashtra
that the war will be their doom! This part is all really confusing. I hate when
there are a ton of names and I have to remember who is who!!! At this point I
am lost and super confused. Hopefully in the next section there will be
something worthy of a storytelling post.
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