After the brothers wagered themselves into exile they left
and took Draupadi with them. The bad guy tried to win her but slaves couldn’t
wager anybody, so she got to go with them into exile. They met some people out
in the forests including some gods and sages, who told them that they would win
back their kingdom from the Kauravas. Arjuna went away by himself to the
mountain to fast and pray where he met a god who blessed him and gave him a
celestial bow. The rest of the brothers met the god Indra in the forests and
praised him, and then they met a sage and finally running into Arjuna as well.
They all met Hanuman, who told them about his adventures with Rama. They just
kept meeting all the gods, cause Krishna was there too. Draupadi, just like
Sita, was kidnapped, but this time it was Jayadratha who took her, and Draupadi
seems meaner than Sita, cause she wanted Jayadratha to die for touching her.
The brothers found their wife, yea they all share a wife, and made Jayadratha
their slave, he wasn’t the best slave. The family made their way to the kingdom
of Virata where they all took up places in which they could serve and lead.
Everybody in this kingdom, including the king, loved the Panduva’s so they were
given the best places in which to work and serve. The brothers, along with the
gods tried to make peace with the Kauravas, but they would not listen to
reason, so the act of war slowly began to take place. When they made it to the
battlefield, Arjuna felt compelled not to fight and this is where the famous
story that Bhagavad Gita takes place. Krishna gives Arjuna reason, and all consent
to battle, so they fight.
The Bhagavad Gita
The Mahabharata
Sources used: Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie,Mackenzie, Nivedita, Seeger, and Tagore.
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