Reading Notes: The Mahabharata

This week for my reading I decided to watch the videos on youtube. I thought that they were very interesting to me because I felt like they had much more to them than the reading that I did the past few weeks. And maybe I just missed something from the last week, but I felt like there was more to Bhisma in this story than there was in the readings that I did the other weeks. I enjoyed the story because of the way they illustrated it as they went and how I could really get into it and understand what was happening because of the drawings. It definitely kept my attention as I watched because I could see how it was being read and not just listening to it. It also felt more like a telling and not just a reading of the story. In the long run of the story it felt for the most part the same as the reading that I did the last few weeks. I like how it was told by people who follow and understand hinduism really well because I thought that they could make much more of a understandable story. So this was a very good reading in my opinion. I didn't realize that Bhisma had kidnapped the princess to give to his sons. That part was very interesting to me because I do not believe that I caught that in the other reading and I feel like it is kind of a big part to the story, kidnapping usually is pretty big. I story of the archery competition was one of my favorite parts, I liked listening to how they battled it out based on the way they shot their bows. That was a great story overall and I was glad to read it. 

The Mahabharata

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Epified: Mahabharata Story

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